Christina G. Rossetti (1830-1894). Time Flies. IX. "Man's life is but a working day." Alfred H. Miles, ed. 1907. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century

Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.

Time Flies.
IX. “Man’s life is but a working day”

By Christina G. Rossetti (1830–1894)


July 11 MAN’S life is but a working day
Whose tasks are set aright:
A time to work, a time to pray,
And then a quiet night.
And then, please God, a quiet night	5
Where palms are green and robes are white,
A long-drawn breath, a balm for sorrow,—
And all things lovely on the morrow.