Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LIVING, by ANONYMOUS


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LIVING, by                    
First Line: We can only live once; and death's terrors
Last Line: We shall live in the hearts of our friends
Subject(s): Death;life; "dead, The;


WE can only live once; and death's terrors
With life's bowers and roses entwine,
And our lives would be darkened by errors
Did we even, like cats, possess nine!
They would be, perhaps, all of them wasted,
And recklessly squandered away,
And not half of the joys would be tasted
That one life can embrace in a day.

Let the lives that we live be worth living;
Let the days that we spend be well spent;
Let us save for the pleasure of giving,
And not borrow at fifty per cent;
Let us never cease loving and learning,
And use life for its noblest of ends;
Then when dust to its dust is returning,
We shall live in the hearts of our friends.





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