Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FOR STURDY FEET, by A. DOROTHEA BATES


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FOR STURDY FEET, by                    
First Line: There is too much of life that is too sweet
Last Line: Paths are made rough by god for sturdy feet.


There is too much of life that is too sweet:
The trees that drip with creeping strength; the birds
Too mad in springtime ecstasy to meet
The steady notes of calmer lays; lush words
Of love that bubble from full hearts; blue skies
Too deep and clear for permanence; a sun
Too bright, before whose range man's fancy lies
Asleep, in stupor before the race is done.
Across my head and face I ask the sweat
Of toil -- hot sweat; the sweat of agony --
Cold sweat; across my eyes the cold and wet
Of tears. Let struggle, pain, encompass me.
There is too much of life that is too sweet;
Paths are made rough by God for sturdy feet.





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