Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LIFE, by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON


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First Line: Behold us toiling up a mountain side
Last Line: Flit by — and life is done.
Subject(s): Life


BEHOLD us toiling up a mountain side,
Its summit we attain;
Then with increasing impetus descend,
And breathless reach the plain.

And so the steeps of life are slowly passed,
Until, its zenith won,
Adown its slopes we glide — its years like trees
Flit by — and life is done.





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