Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE POINT OF VIEW, by EDWARD NOYES POMEROY


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THE POINT OF VIEW, by                    
First Line: Dear hearts, while we from year to year
Last Line: Twere joy of joys to have you come.
Subject(s): Hearts; Love


Dear hearts, while we from year to year,
Waking and sleeping linger here,
A vapor often climbs to view
And crawls across the concave blue.

At first a handbreadth in extent,
At last it spans the firmament;
At first a film like cobweb spun,
At last it darkens the great sun.

Yet 'tis the point of view we take
The world of difference doth make;
'Tis altering this defeats our fears
Or wins us laughter for our tears.

The mountain summit to the crowd
That stand below is swathed in cloud;
To those who soar beyond its height
'Tis bathed in everlasting light.

So life to me were whelmed in woe
While I remain were you to go,
But when the heavenly heights are clomb
'Twere joy of joys to have you come.





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