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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INVOCATION OF THE DAWN, by KALIDASA Poet's Biography
First Line: Look to this day!
Last Line: Look well, therefore, to this day!
Variant Title(s): Salutation To The Dawn
Subject(s): Dawn; Death; Life Change Events; Sunrise; Dead, The
First Line: Look to this day!
Last Line: Look well, therefore, to this day!
Variant Title(s): Salutation To The Dawn
Subject(s): Dawn; Death; Life Change Events; Sunrise; Dead, The
Look to this day!
For it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course
Lie all the verities and realities of your existence:
The bliss of growth;
The glory of action;
The splendor of achievement;
For yesterday is but a dream,
And tomorrow is only a vision;
But today, well lived, makes every yesterday a dream of happiness,
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day!
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