Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CARPE DIEM, by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL


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First Line: How the dull thought smites me dumb
Last Line: From the great tree igdrasil.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hedbrooke, Andrew
Subject(s): Carpe Diem


How the dull thought smites me dumb,
"It will come!" and "It will come!"
But to-day I am not dead;
Life in hand and foot and head
Leads me on its wondrous ways.
'T is in such poor, common days,
Made of morning, noon, and night,
Golden truth has leaped to light,
Potent messages have sped,
Torches flashed with running rays,
World-runes started on their flight.

Let it come, when come it must;
But To-Day from out the dust
Blooms and brightens like a flower,
Fair with love, and faith, and power.
Pluck it with unclouded will,
From the great tree Igdrasil.





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