Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LABOR, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON


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LABOR, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There is a potion of forgetfulness
Last Line: Saved the first man, perchance, from going mad.
Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs.
Subject(s): Insanity; Labor & Laborers; Madness; Mental Illness; Work; Workers


THERE is a potion of forgetfulness
As wonderful as sleep and exquisite,
And he who once hath drunk his full of it
Loses his sometime heart-break and distress;
No lethe this, yet in its depths no less
Lies Peace. And Life, who brewed this cup with wit,
Hath called it "Labor," and those men who sit
About his board, drink deep and laugh and bless.
Drink and forget the burden of old sighs;
Drink, and behold, the world is glorious!
This was God's plan; this wondrous gift and glad
He gave to Adam, losing Paradise,
"Behold, I bid you labor!" Yea, and thus
Saved the first man, perchance, from going mad.





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