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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DAYS OF SUN, by ERNEST L. VALENTINE
First Line: Childhood's days are days of sun
Last Line: Wherethrough blithe footsteps skip and run!
Subject(s): Children; Dancing & Dancers; Innocence; Sun; Childhood
First Line: Childhood's days are days of sun
Last Line: Wherethrough blithe footsteps skip and run!
Subject(s): Children; Dancing & Dancers; Innocence; Sun; Childhood
CHILDHOOD'S days are days of sun
And all their paths are bright with flowers,
Wherethrough blithe footsteps skip and run;
Long days when morning's never done,
When never a morning heaven lowers,
Childhood's days are days of sun.
Mirth, mischief, and the merriest fun
Spring freely from those vernal bowers
Wherethrough blithe footsteps skip and run;
Blithe feet, their dancing just begun
In consciousness of growing powers —
Childhood's days are days of sun.
Too late we know the sunlight spun
Through those lost April days of ours
Wherethrough blithe footsteps skip and run;
Too late we know the storms they shun,
Those dearly sweet and innocent hours:
Childhood's days are days of sun
Wherethrough blithe footsteps skip and run!
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