Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COMMONPLACES, by SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A commonplace life,' we say, and we sigh Last Line: Of our commonplace lives makes his beautiful whole. Alternate Author Name(s): Coolidge, Susan Subject(s): Religion; Simplicity; Theology | ||||||||
"A commonplace life," we say, and we sigh; But why should we sigh as we say? The commonplace sun in the commonplace sky, Makes up the commonplace day; The moon and the stars are commonplace things, And the flower that blooms, and the bird that sings: But dark were the world and sad our lot If the flowers failed and the bird sang not; And God, who studies each separate soul Of our commonplace lives makes His beautiful whole. | 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 WHEN by SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY |
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