Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WAITING, by NELLIE GOWIN OLSON


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WAITING, by                    
First Line: So much of life is spent in waiting
Last Line: Waiting for death's still, stirring call.
Subject(s): Death; Waiting; Dead, The


So much of life is spent in waiting . . .
Waiting for the coming of a train;
For footsteps that you'll never hear again;
Waiting for the surcease of a pain . . .
For dawn through endless nights of pain.
Waiting for green buds when boughs are bare;
For words from a voice that does not care;
Waiting for the answer to a prayer . . .
For so much great and so much small.
Waiting for Death's still, stirring call.





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