Let us love one another, Not long may we stay In this brief world of mourning, So brief is life'''s day; Some fade ere '''tis noon, And few linger till eve; O, there breaks not a heart But leaves someone to grieve. And the fondest, the purest, The truest that met, Ever still found the need To forgive and forget; Then O, tho''' the hopes That we nourished decay, Let us love one another As long as we may. Thus we'''ll love one another, '''Midst sorrow the worst, Unaltered and fond As we loved at the first; Tho''' the false wing of pleasure May change and forsake, And the bright urn of wealth Into particles break. There are some sweet affections That earth cannot buy, That cling but the closer When sorrow draws nigh, And remain with us yet, Though all else pass away''" Yes, we'''ll love one another As long as we stay. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LULLABY by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON THE FAIR SINGER by ANDREW MARVELL SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: AMANDA BARKER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS TO A CONTEMPORARY BUNKSHOOTER by CARL SANDBURG GLORY OF WOMEN by SIEGFRIED SASSOON EMANCIPATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, APRIL 16, 1862 by JAMES MADISON BELL REBECCA; WHO SLAMMED DOORS FOR FUN AND PERISHED MISERABLY by HILAIRE BELLOC |