Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A THOUGHT, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poet's Biography First Line: Seen by memory's magic Last Line: Slightly prized to-day. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Theology | ||||||||
SEEN by memory's magic, Yesterday is golden; Hope illumes the morrow; Eyes are only holden From some fair illusion When they view to-day, With its mists of morning, Bitter blown away. Yet of all the morrows That from me are hidden; All the bright days ended Coming back unbidden; None or was or will be Richer in its way Than this open-handed, Slightly prized to-day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOME? by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER |
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