Are your sorrows hard to bear? Life is short! Do you drag the chain of care? Life is short! Soon will come the glad release Into rest and joy and peace; Soon the weary thread be spun, And the final labor done. Keep your courage! Hold the fort! Life is short! Are you faint with hope delayed? Life is long! Tarries that for which you prayed? Life is long! What delights may not abide, -- What ambitions satisfied, -- What possessions may not be In God's great eternity? Lift the heart! Be glad and strong! Life is long! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OVER THE RIVER by NANCY WOODBURY PRIEST SONG (10) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI DISILLUSIONMENT OF TEN O'CLOCK by WALLACE STEVENS ANTIQUE JEWELER by FREDERICK HENRY HERBERT ADLER HOMAGE TO QUINTUS SEPTIMIUS FLORENTIS CHRISTIANUS: TROY by AGATHIAS SCHOLASTICUS |