Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ARS DURA, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY


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First Line: How many evenings, walking soberly
Last Line: He greets the paper as the groom the bride!
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Writing & Writers


HOW many evenings, walking soberly
Along our street all dappled with rich sun,
I please myself with words, and happily
Time rhymes to footfalls, planning how they run;
And yet, when midnight comes, and paper lies
Clean, white, receptive, all that one can ask,
Alas for drowsy spirit, weary eyes
And traitor hand that fails the well loved task!

Who ever learned the sonnet's bitter craft
But he had put away his sleep, his ease,
The wine he loved, the men with whom he laughed
To brood upon such thankless tricks as these?
And yet, such joy does in that craft abide
He greets the paper as the groom the bride!





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