Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAYS, by ELIOT KAYS STONE First Line: How can I tell which days have yielded fruit? Last Line: Shall on the last day bring me blame or praise? Subject(s): Day; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature | ||||||||
How can I tell which days have yielded fruit? The days I labored at a task not mine? The days I yielded to a wild pursuit? The days I cast my pearls before the swine? The days I hoarded every golden hour? The days I laughed? The days I bore in pain? The days when all my honey had turned sour? The days I gathered in another's gain? The days I studied and the days I wrought? The days I loafed and only trusted God? The days when whispered dreamings came unsought, And I drew wisdom as I turned the sod? How shall I know which ones of all the days Shall on the last day bring me blame or praise? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL END OF THE WORLD by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE ANSWER by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BROKEN BALANCE by ROBINSON JEFFERS TIME OF DISTURBANCE by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV AT THE ARCH OF TITUS by ELIOT KAYS STONE |
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