NAY, do not grieve tho' life be full of sadness, Dawn will not veil her splendour for your grief, Nor spring deny their bright, appointed beauty To lotus blossom and ashoka leaf. Nay, do not pine, tho' life be dark with trouble, Time will not pause or tarry on his way; To-day that seems so long, so strange, so bitter, Will soon be some forgotten yesterday. Nay, do not weep; new hopes, new dreams, new faces, The unspent joy of all the unborn years, Will prove your heart a traitor to its sorrow, And make your eyes unfaithful to their tears. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A PRAYER FOR INDIFFERENCE by FRANCES (FANNY) MACARTNEY GREVILLE IT IS FINISHED' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI LINES TO A NASTURTIUM (A LOVER MUSES) by ANNE SPENCER REFUGE by WILLIAM HERVEY ALLEN JR. WRITTEN ON THE LEAVES OF A FAN by FRANCIS ATTERBURY FRAGMENT (FROM THE ELIZABETHANS) by W. BRIDGES-ADAMS GREAT DAYS by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB |