Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TIME, by LILLIE EDSON HOLLAND


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First Line: In the black sky tonight, down by the dune
Last Line: To go my way as leaf and grass, and shed no tear.
Subject(s): Aging; Mothers; Time


In the black sky tonight, down by the dune,
A silver cradle hangs, a slim young moon;
And young once more am I, and softly croon
My babe to sleep. Years slip away too soon!

Close to my heart I hold him, as I plan
All the brave things he'll do when grown a man;
That time seems far away, as I the future scan.
But how the days sped by, they fairly ran.

Now I am old and withered, brown and sere
Like last year's leaf, that somehow lingers here
After the tree's been stripped -- I do not fear
To go my way as leaf and grass, and shed no tear.





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