Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WHEN PAY DAY COMES, by RAY CLARKE ROSE


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WHEN PAY DAY COMES, by                    
First Line: When pay day comes what transports thrill
Last Line: When pay day comes!
Subject(s): Greed; Grief; Happiness; Money; Wages; Avarice; Cupidity; Sorrow; Sadness; Joy; Delight; Salaries


When pay day comes what transports thrill
The o'ercharged soul and seem to fill
The whole wide world with blissfulness!
Each stranger face smiles a caress;
The rustle of the crisp bank bill
Sounds sweeter than the blithesome trill
Of spring's first songster, and a still,
Deep sense of riches we confess
When pay day comes.

Whereas despair was rife, the skill
Of hidden forces works until
Our cherished griefs grow strangely less—
Are lost in raptures that possess
The citadels of mind and will
When pay day comes!





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