Forget the past and live the present hour; Now is the time to work, the time to fill The soul with noblest thoughts, the time to will Heroic deeds, to use whatever dower Heaven has bestowed, to test our utmost power. Now is the time to love, and better still, To serve our loved ones, over passing ill To rise triumphant; thus the perfect flower Of life shall come to fruitage; wealth amass For grandest giving ere the time be gone. Be glad today, tomorrow may bring tears; Be brave today, the darkest night will pass, And golden rays will usher in the dawn; Who conquers now shall rule the coming years. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON READING -- . by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH MARRIAGE A-LA-MODE: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN THE GROVES OF BLARNEY by RICHARD ALFRED MILLIKIN I HEAR AMERICA SINGING by WALT WHITMAN BACCHUS AND THE FROGS by ARISTOPHANES TO M. I. (2) by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS SONNET TO GEORGE THE FOURTH by GEORGE GORDON BYRON RAISING HUBBARD SQUASH IN VERMONT by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY YWAIN AND GAWAIN: THE WINNING OF THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN by CHRETIEN DE TROYES |