Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE STAFF THAT SUSTAINS, by ELKANAH EAST TAYLOR


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THE STAFF THAT SUSTAINS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: To be contented is to choose the staff
Last Line: That I may know your peace until life's end.


To be contented is to choose the staff
Of brave restraint to ever lean upon;
It is to know the time to laugh, to sing,
Or greet with smiling face noon, night, or dawn.
It is to feel that somewhere beauty flowers
Into a perfect bloom, even though men know
Its mirrored loveliness alone is ours,
Its shining, shattered petals pale as snow;
For only those who daily lean for aid
Upon restraint may find that by and by,
Within the heart a firm foundation's laid
To hold Love's house and find it satisfy.
Oh, rugged staff, be mine as on I wend,
That I may know your peace until life's end.





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