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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOD BLESS YOU, DEAR, TODAY, by JOHN BENNETT (1865-1956) Poet's Biography First Line: If there be graveyard in the heart Last Line: God bless you, dear, to-day! Subject(s): Love | |||
IF there be graveyards in the heart From which no roses spring, A place of wrecks and old gray tombs From which no roses spring, A place of wrecks and old gray tombs From which no birds take wing, Where linger buried hopes and dreams Like ghosts among the graves, Why, buried hopes are dismal things, And lonely ghosts are knaves! If there come dreary winter days, When summer roses fall And lie, forgot, in withered drifts Along the garden wall; If all the wreaths a lover weaves Turn thorns upon the brow, -- Then out upon the silly fool Who makes not merry now! For if we cannot keep the past, Why care for what's to come? The instant's prick is all that stings, And then the place is numb. If Life's a lie and Love's a cheat, As I have heard men say, Then here's a health to fond deceit -- God bless you, dear, to-day! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD HER ANSWER by JOHN BENNETT (1865-1956) IN A ROSE GARDEN by JOHN BENNETT (1865-1956) OVER THE ROSE-LEAVES, UNDER THE ROSE by JOHN BENNETT (1865-1956) |
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