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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VOICE, by ESTHER TROWBRIDGE CATLIN First Line: I heard a voice at early morning say Last Line: "give me this day!" Subject(s): Guests; Voices; Visiting | |||
I heard a Voice at early morning say, "Be glad today! Let go your restless planning and your care, Put off these burdens that your shoulders bear; It was not meant that you should toil in tears And lose the sweetness of these few short years, Look up, there is an easier, happier way. Be glad today!" I heard a Voice at early morning say, "Give me this day! No service from your hand do I request, Only a place within your heart as guest. While others toil, I call you to my feet. Tomorrow, stronger, you can rise to meet The duties that await you in the way. Give me this day!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LEDA 2: A NOTE ON VISITATIONS by LUCILLE CLIFTON HELSINKI, 1940 by ANSELM HOLLO THE LOW BLACK SQUARE by ANSELM HOLLO AMUSING OUR DAUGHTERS by CAROLYN KIZER POET AND PERSON by DENISE LEVERTOV |
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