Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JUST AS OF OLD, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY


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First Line: Just as of old! The world rolls on
Last Line: Just as of old.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Earth; Life; Rivers; Time; World


JUST as of old! The world rolls on and on;
The day dies into night -- night into dawn --
Dawn into dusk -- through centuries untold. --
Just as of old.

Time loiters not. The river ever flows,
Its brink of white with blossoms or with snows;
Its tide or warm with spring or winter cold:
Just as of old.

Lo! where is the beginning, where the end
Of living, loving, longing? Listen, friend! --
God answers with a silence of pure gold --
Just as of old.





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