Higginson and Bigelow, comps. American Sonnets. 1891. | | The Overflowing Cup | By Andrew Bice Saxton |
| INTO the crystal chalice of the soul | |
Is falling, drop by drop, Lifes blending mead. | |
The pleasant waters of our childhood speed | |
And enter first; and Love pours in its whole | |
Deep flood of tenderness and gall. There roll | 5 |
The drops of sweet and bitter that proceed | |
From wedded trustfulness, and hearts that bleed | |
For children that outrun us to the goal. | |
And later come the calmer joys of age | |
The restful streams of quietude that flow | 10 |
Around their fading lives, whose heritage | |
Is whitened locks and voice serene and low. | |
These added blessings round the vessel up | |
Death is the overflowing of the cup. | | | |
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