Life has two ways of giving: from the one We keep a little while the golden light, Love's nearness, and a shelter from the night, Our fields to sow and reap, with rain and sun. We fill our bins and mows but that is done In vain if hearts be empty, if the flight Of wings made skies no clearer to our sight, If we but pause where vision had begun. Life has two ways of giving: from the other We keep the only permanence we know By sharing treasures that we hold in trust ... Song for the songless, raiment for another And food, where torrents and the tempests go, And dreams to star again the mortal dust! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 4. THE LOTTERY GIRL by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON FETES GALANTES: PANYOMIME by PAUL VERLAINE CYMON AND IPHIGENIA by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO THE NETHERLANDS by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE NOW AND AFTERWARDS by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK |