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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
APPRECIATION, by LIDA WILLIAMS BROCKER First Line: The joys which life has given me Last Line: Than to any heart's delight. | |||
The joys which life has given me Are in my memories yet; The shadows and the heartaches I willingly forget. Yet well I know that all of me Which is not trivial -- trite -- Owes more to pain and sorrow Than to any heart's delight. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHEN DE CO'N PONE'S HOT by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR IN THE WILDERNESS by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES INDIFFERENCE by GEOFFREY ANKETELL STUDDERT-KENNEDY THE KANSAS EMIGRANTS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER HOARFROST by STELLA PFEIFFER BAISCH EPITAPH ON SUSANNAH BARBAULD MARISSAL by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE PILGRIM SHIP by KATHARINE LEE BATES |
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