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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIFE'S DAY; TO ONE WHO ASKS ME FOR A MERRY SONG, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, could I know how long life's day
Last Line: How long for me may be life's day.
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Mortality
First Line: Oh, could I know how long life's day
Last Line: How long for me may be life's day.
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Mortality
OH, could I know how long Life's day --
How near its end, or far away --
What space for mirth, what room for tears --
Then might I put aside my fears,
And for a little while be gay.
But now, I think, Death soon may stray
Hereward, and find me at my play,
And mock my laughter with his jeers --
Ah, could I know!
And so I tremble 'neath the sway
Of that arch Foe, who at me peers,
And hour by hour my covert nears,
Yet mocks me when I bid him say
How long for me may be Life's day.
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