Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN PASSING, by ETHEL VEVA KING


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IN PASSING, by                    
First Line: So many there have been who touched
Last Line: They waked to flame my heart.
Subject(s): Love


So many there have been who touched
Some moment of my way,
A passing throng through all the years
Of solemn, sad and gay,
Of old who smiled and young who wept,
Of hearts which knew but youth,
Of lives which dwelt in memories,
Of souls that were uncouth.

So many came and for a time
Have gained my ear or eye,
Before they pasesd like drifting clouds
Across a wind-swept sky.
They left their laughter on my life
Sometimes they left their tears,
Their sorrows marked upon my brow
A record of the years.

O there were freaks and there were bores
And those who made me frown,
And rich and poor and wise and those
Who wore a martyr's crown,
And lives there were which lifted me,
And held me at my best,
And lives that were such tragic tales
They left my soul depressed.

I smile at them, a motley throng,
And yet with tender mirth,
They were so worried, weary, worn
With paltry things of earth;
And yet all these who walked with me—
Each with his little part—
They gave me all I found in life;
They waked to flame my heart.





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