"NOT all unhappy," said one wise of heart, "Who in his spendthrift season learned an art." What, then, doth not the Future keep for you Whose ardent days give mastery of two? Into your open window by the sea What wonder Music came, and Poetry -- Rhythm from island winds and breakers' might; Grace from the sea grass and the swallows' flight; Calm from the summer stars, that seem as near As Heaven itself is on a Christmas clear; Joy, Love, and Hope! May these about you throng And fill the measure of each two-fold song. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VANQUISHED; ON THE DEATH OF GENERAL GRANT by FRANCIS FISHER BROWNE POOR [OR, COCK] ROBIN by MOTHER GOOSE THE SAILOR'S WIFE by JEAN ADAMS THE TWENTY-SECOND OF FEBRUARY by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT |