Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, COMMONPLACES, by SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY


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First Line: A commonplace life,' we say, and we sigh
Last Line: Of our commonplace lives makes his beautiful whole.
Alternate Author Name(s): Coolidge, Susan
Subject(s): Religion; Simplicity; Theology


"A commonplace life," we say, and we sigh;
But why should we sigh as we say?
The commonplace sun in the commonplace sky,
Makes up the commonplace day;
The moon and the stars are commonplace things,
And the flower that blooms, and the bird that sings:
But dark were the world and sad our lot
If the flowers failed and the bird sang not;
And God, who studies each separate soul
Of our commonplace lives makes His beautiful whole.





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