Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NEXT YEAR, by NORA PERRY


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First Line: Next year, next year,' we say
Last Line: Today, today!
Subject(s): Procrastination


"Next year, next year," we say,
When come to nought
Our plans and projects gay,
Our bright dreams, fraught

With brighter hopes, that shine
On that far rim
Of life's horizon line,
Where dreams lie dim

And touched with morning dew --
"Next year, next year";
And while we plan anew
The days grow sere.

The year flies by, and lo!
We've left behind
The glory and the glow
We hoped to find;

And raised again the clew
We meant to heed --
The cherished plan to do
Some cherished deed.

"Next year, next year!"
Oh! why not now,
Delaying soul, this year
Keep word and vow?

Oh! why not now and here,
Why not today,
Before another year
Shall run away?

Keep word and faith, or ere
An hour's delay,
Make good the promise fair,
TODAY, TODAY!





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