Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, COMPENSATION, by FLORENCE MCCURDY


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First Line: Can this be all of life, the dear desire
Last Line: Which sheds eternal loveliness afar!
Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed


Can this be all of life, the dear desire
Which, in the radiant days, a flaming light
Served but to beckon, like a torch of fire,
An ever future gift, a promise bright?
How can I tell? -- I only know the rose
Unfolds with royal splendor, day by day: --
The sunset with a richer beauty glows
Than in the fleeting hours of pleasure's stay;
And, with the gloaming, in the garden's heart
Faint voices speak that never spoke before:
This cannot well be all; -- it's just a part:
And, garnered from the wealth of beauty's store,
One jewel leads all the rest, that steadfast star
Which sheds eternal loveliness afar!





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