Old Books (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
THE people up and down the world that talk and laugh and cry,They're pleasant when you're young and gay, and ...
THE people up and down the world that talk and laugh and cry,They're pleasant when you're young and gay, and ...
(For Kenneth)CLOSE upon the window-glass pressed our eager faces-Hearts and torches all aflare, frame on frame of laces,Wreathing roses all ...
I have shut my little sister in from life and light(For a rose, for a ribbon, for a wreath across ...
The little pitiful, worn, laughing faces,Begging of Life for Joy!I saw the little daughters of the poor,Tense from the long ...
YOU live as the world would have you do-Only the sleeping soul of youLies unwakened by wind or dew.Your soul, ...
Lord God, Who let Your baby sonPass earthward where the joys were fewTo a hard death when all was done,And ...
Under dusky laurel leaf,Scarlet leaf of rose,I lie prone, who have knownAll a woman knows.Love and grief and motherhood,Fame and ...
I HAVE a little peace today, And I can pause and seeHow life is filled with golden things And gracious things for ...
THE Poor Old Soul plods down the street, Contented, and forgettingHow Youth was wild, and Spring was wild And how her life ...
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