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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MINUTES OF GOLD, by ANONYMOUS First Line: Two or three minutes - two or three hours Last Line: "minutes my time may bring to an end / hopelessness somewhere,and bring me a friend" | |||
Two or three minutes -- two or three hours, What do they mean in this life of ours? Not very much if but counted as time, But minutes of gold and hours sublime, If only we'll use them once in a while To make someone happy -- make someone smile. A minute may dry a little lad's tears, An hour sweep aside trouble of years. Minutes of my time may bring to an end Hopelessness somewhere, and bring me a friend. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest..."'TIS MIDNIGHT, AND THE SETTING SUN" by ANONYMOUS "'TWAS ROLLOG, AND THE MINIM POTES" by ANONYMOUS 1648 : FOR COSSACKS by ANONYMOUS A CHERRY YEAR / A MERRY YEAR by ANONYMOUS A COMET FROM THE RHYMERS' CLUB AFAR by ANONYMOUS "A FOX, A FOX, UP GALLANTS TO THE FIELDS" by ANONYMOUS A HORSE AND A FLEA AND THREE BLIND MICE by ANONYMOUS "A LAIRD, A LORD / A COOPER, A THIEF" by ANONYMOUS A LITTLE COCK SPARROW SAT ON A GREEN TREE by ANONYMOUS |
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