Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WHO KNOWS?, by JESSIE V. KERR


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First Line: If when the day has been sped with laughter
Last Line: Who knows?
Subject(s): Knowledge


IF when the day has been sped with laughter,
Mirth and song as the light wind blows,
A sob and a sigh come quickly after --
Who knows?

If eyes that smile till the day's completeness
Droop a little at evening's close,
And tears cloud over their tender sweetness --
Who knows?

If lips that laugh while the sun be shining,
Curved as fair as the leaf of a rose,
Quiver with grief at day's declining --
Who knows?

If the heart that seems to know no aching
While the fair, gold sunlight gleams and glows,
Under the stars be bitterly breaking --
Who knows?





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