Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MOMENTARY (1), by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL


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MOMENTARY (1), by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The sweetest song was ever sung
Last Line: One light of everlasting joy.
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Subject(s): Comfort; Happiness; Pain; Joy; Delight; Suffering; Misery


THE sweetest song was ever sung
May soothe you but a little while:
The gayest music ever rung
Shall yield you but a fleeting smile.

The well I digged you soon shall pass:
You may but rest with me an hour:
Yet drink, I offer you the glass,
A moment of sustaining power,

And give to you, if it be gain,
Whether in pleasure or annoy,
To see one elemental pain,
One light of everlasting joy.





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