Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NOW'S THE TIME, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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First Line: If a poem you would write
Last Line: While there's time!
Subject(s): Time


If a poem you would write,
Now's the time!
Ne'er was epic yet or sonnet
Captured but by leaping on it;
Pegasus, depend upon it,
Knows his time.

If you have a task to do,
Now's the time!
Now, while you've a notion to it;
Now, while zeal will help you do it;
Or in shame you'll hobble through it,
Out of time.

If you have a word of praise,
Now's the time!
Should the sky, while flowers are growing,
Stint its gracious dew-bestowing,
Ne'er would come the rainbow-glowing
Blossom time.

If you have a kiss to give,
Now's the time!
Lips, like flowers, soon are faded,
Life-blood pallid, checked, and jaded,
If they are not love-o'ershaded,
Kissed in time.

If you have a prayer to pray,
Now's the time!
Not to every hour are given
Upward look and open heaven;
Oh, be strengthened, gladdened, shriven,
While there's time!





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