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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TODAY, by CLARA A. CLAUSEN First Line: Today I sat beside a brook and dreamed Last Line: It is not years that make the heart grow old. Alternate Author Name(s): Kenyon, Claire | |||
Today I sat beside a brook and dreamed -- A self-willed exile with a longing heart. While breezes touched the breathless woods it seemed A thousand song-birds lifted high their art. With cheerful, yet with pensive mood, each leaf Found tongue to speak in that deep-sheltered place; To wrap my soul in ecstasy, though grief Was there within my breast. Alone, I face The gates, that gave me you, fast barred. What way My path shall lie or what my fate may be I do not know, but time of night and day Will show, till darkness shall encompass me, Though I am brave, as hours of life unfold, It is not years that make the heart grow old. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PRICE OF WOMEN by KAREN SWENSON THE SONG MAKER by SARA TEASDALE SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 18 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING NON SUM QUALIS ERAM BONAE SUB REGNO CYNARAE by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON FREDERICK DOUGLASS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR MARSYAS by CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS |
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