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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IF, by EDWARD JAMES MORTIMER COLLINS Poet's Biography First Line: If life were never bitter Last Line: And wine were always iced. Alternate Author Name(s): Collins, Mortimer Subject(s): Happiness; Life; Love; Joy; Delight | |||
IF life were never bitter, And love were always sweet, Then who would care to borrow A moral from to-morrow -- If Thames would always glitter, And joy would ne'er retreat, If life were never bitter, And love were always sweet! If care were not the waiter Behind a fellow's chair, When easy-going sinners Sit down to Richmond dinners, And life's swift stream flows straighter, By Jove, it would be rare, If care were not the waiter Behind a fellow's chair. If wit were always radiant, And wine were always iced, And bores were kicked out straightway Through a convenient gateway; Then down the year's long gradient 'Twere sad to be enticed, If wit were always radiant, And wine were always iced. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE STUDY OF HAPPINESS by KENNETH KOCH SO MUCH HAPPINESS by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE CROWD CONDITIONS by JOHN ASHBERY I WILL NOT BE CLAIMED by MARVIN BELL THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#21): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN'S HAPPINESS by MARVIN BELL A CONCEIT by EDWARD JAMES MORTIMER COLLINS |
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