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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SUNSET HILL, by MARY POLLARD TYNES First Line: Life said to me, 'your days have run Last Line: Were wet with tears. Now I am wise! | |||
Life said to me, "Your days have run Joyful and golden in the sun. Your heart care-free of toil and fears, Your eyes immune to tears. But now when testing time has come, Let not your sorrow smite you dumb." I said to life, "Days have been dear, And filled with laughter many a year, But now, if grief my portion is, I shall go bravely on and this Shall comfort me; for I Have walked with love; love cannot die." Life said, "The draught is in the cup," I said to life, "I drink it up." And as I drank I saw life's eyes Were wet with tears. Now I am wise! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UPON THE IMAGE OF DEATH by ROBERT SOUTHWELL IN THE WHITE LAND by KONSTANTIN DMITRIYEVICH BALMONT ON THE DEATH OF HER BODY by JAMES KEIR BAXTER TO AN OLD SWEETHEART by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE LOVE IN THE GUISE OF FRIENDSHIP by ROBERT BURNS WRITTEN ON A BLANK LEAF OF HIS POEMS by ROBERT BURNS |
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