Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DEVOTION, by BERTA G. MCGUIRK


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DEVOTION, by                    
First Line: When all your days are bright and fair
Last Line: Against each hurt till all is past.
Subject(s): Contentment


When all your days are bright and fair,
I do not mind, too much, just where
Your sunny hours are gayly spent.
Content to know that you exist;
Brief moments, even, I resist
That longing, all your life to share:
Content then, if not happy, too,
I live -- I breathe away from you.
But when your life by storm is rent
No longer can I rest content;
Heart throbs suspended or perturbed,
Hard-won placidity disturbed;
My spirit yearns to hold you fast
Against each hurt till all is past.





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