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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JOY AND SORROW, by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE Poet's Biography First Line: Sullen skies today Last Line: Come sweeter for past sorrow. Subject(s): Grief; Happiness; Sorrow; Sadness; Joy; Delight | |||
Sullen skies today, Sunny skies tomorrow; November steals from May, And May from her doth borrow; Griefs—Joys—in Time's strange dance Interchangeably advance; The sweetest joys that come to us Come sweeter for past sorrow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE STUDY OF HAPPINESS by KENNETH KOCH SO MUCH HAPPINESS by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE CROWD CONDITIONS by JOHN ASHBERY I WILL NOT BE CLAIMED by MARVIN BELL THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#21): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN'S HAPPINESS by MARVIN BELL A BALLAD OF ATHLONE; OR, HOW THEY BROKE DOWN THE BRIDGE by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE A BALLAD OF SARSFIELD; OR, THE BURSTING OF THE GUNS by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE |
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