A LITTLE song ill worth your while On which to waste more than a smile, Alas, I sing, for love is long -- A little song. Though life be brief and art outlive What joy or sorrow earth may give, Time, then, might let the years prolong A little song. And it may chance your face will turn Some day, the singer to discern -- Yea, smile to see who sang so long, A little song. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PRICE OF WOMEN by KAREN SWENSON BATTLE-CRIES by LOUIS UNTERMEYER SONNET COMPOSED ON A JOURNEY HOMEWARD by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE CHRONICLE; A BALLAD by ABRAHAM COWLEY A SMILE AS SMALL AS MINE by EMILY DICKINSON THE RUINED MAID by THOMAS HARDY THE LATTER DAY by THOMAS HASTINGS |