Charles Philip Nettleton. The Change. Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. 1914. A Collection of Verse by California Poets

Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. A Collection of Verse by California Poets. 1914.

The Change

By Charles Philip Nettleton


UNCONSCIOUSLY we wail with life’s first breath,
So dark and dure the past throws down its shade;
But ripening years to strength and peace persuade
Our souls, and consciously, we smile at death.