Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THEN I COMMENDED MIRTH, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: A merry heart is a continual feast
Last Line: A merry heart.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina


'A MERRY heart is a continual feast.'
Then take we life and all things in good part:
To fast grows festive while we keep at least
A merry heart.

Well pleased with nature and well pleased with art;
A merry heart makes cheer for man and beast,
And fancies music in a creaking cart.

Some day, a restful heart whose toils have ceased,
A heavenly heart gone home from earthly mart:
To-day, blow wind from west or wind from east,
A merry heart.





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