You smile upon your friend to-day, To-day his ills are over; You hearken to the lover's say, And happy is the lover. 'Tis late to hearken, late to smile, But better late than never: I shall have lived a little while Before I die for ever. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW VIOLETS CAME BLUE by ROBERT HERRICK SONG FOR A LITTLE HOUSE by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY THREE BLIND MICE by MOTHER GOOSE ONLY A YEAR' by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE THE COLD WAVE OF 32 B.C. by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS ODES: BOOK 1: ODE 14. TO THE HON. CHARLES TOWNSHEND - FROM THE COUNTRY by MARK AKENSIDE |