Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A DAY, by WINIFRED LUCAS


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A DAY, by                    
First Line: You, moving with women and men
Last Line: When time was a toy of your own.
Alternate Author Name(s): Le Bailly, Mrs.
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Past


I

YOU, moving with women and men,
With scarce a fresh moment to live
In all the dull hours, do you ever think when
Your childhood had leisure to give?
You gave me a day of you then.

II

You went through my heart to explore,—
You chose with the heart of a child;
The borders of blossom your fingers forbore,
Impatient to gather the wild:—
The side of the world you passed o'er.

III

Oh, dark in the tangles you dared,
The thorns were afraid at your feet;
The nettles shrank quivering back, to be spared
The poison of touches so sweet;
The moss for their pressure prepared.

IV

And glad were the flowers to have grown,
Though helpless, and poor, to repay
The innocent leisure, the delicate loan,
The bountiful gift of a day,
When Time was a toy of your own.





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