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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VIXI, by L. S.
First Line: I have lived and I have loved
Last Line: And sleep—worth all the rest of them.
Subject(s): Old Age
First Line: I have lived and I have loved
Last Line: And sleep—worth all the rest of them.
Subject(s): Old Age
I have lived and I have loved;
I have waked and I have slept;
I have sung and I have danced;
I have smiled and I have wept;
I have won and wasted treasure;
I have had my fill of pleasure;
And all these things were weariness,
And some of them were dreariness.
And all these things—but two things
Were emptiness and pain:
And Love—it was the best of them;
And Sleep—worth all the rest of them.
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