Life -- I am here at your bidding With the power to do -- Yet, you look at me forbidding Do I belittle you? Life, it is years since first we met Though time seems rushing by. I would not cause you a regret A tear or e'en a sigh. You are so filled with joys to spare -- Hear my imploring quest: That you with me will hence forbear And thus my soul refresh. Life, I see the shadows passing, Your voice responds to call -- Fondest hopes I am caressing, Wonderful after all. Now, life's imbued with spirit new Fuller days in sight Miracles now come to view For I have won the fight. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPITAPH IN A CHURCH-YARD IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA by AMY LOWELL THE SONG OF THE SHEPHERDS by EDWIN MARKHAM CALIFORNIA CITY LANDSCAPE by CARL SANDBURG MOTHER AND SON by KAREN SWENSON THE HIGHWAY DEATH TOLL by KAREN SWENSON IN A RAILROAD STATION by SARA TEASDALE |