Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CURTAIN FALLS, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER


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THE CURTAIN FALLS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Over the sorrow and over the bliss
Last Line: Silently downward the curtain falls.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Healing; Holidays; New Year; Cures


OVER the sorrow and over the bliss,
Over the tear-drop, over the kiss,
Over the crimes that blotted and blurred,
Over the wound of the hasty word,
Over the deeds in weakness done,
Over the battles lost and won,
Now at the end of the flying year,
Year that to-morrow will not be here,
Over our freedom, over our thralls,
In the hush of the midnight the curtain falls.

Over our gain and over our loss,
Over our crown and over our cross,
Over the fret of our discontent,
Over the ill that we never meant,
Over the scars of our self-denial,
Over the strength that conquered trial,
Now in the end of the flying year,
Year that to-morrow will not be here,
Quietly final, the prompter calls;
Swiftly the dusk of the curtain falls.

Over the crowds and the solitudes,
Over our shifting, hurrying moods,
Over the hearths where bright flames leap
Over the cribs where the babies sleep,
Over the clamor, over the strife,
Over the pageantry of life,
Now in the end of the flying year,
Year that to-morrow will not be here,
Swiftly and surely, from starry walls,
Silently downward the curtain falls.




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