Three Days. James Roberts Gilmore (1822-1903). Poems of Sentiment: I. Time. Bliss Carman, et al., eds. 1904. The World's Best Poetry. VI. Fancy

Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume VI. Fancy. 1904.

Poems of Sentiment: I. Time

Three Days

James Roberts Gilmore (1822–1903)


SO much to do: so little done!
Ah! yesternight I saw the sun
Sink beamless down the vaulted gray,—
The ghastly ghost of YESTERDAY.

So little done: so much to do!	5
Each morning breaks on conflicts new;
But eager, brave, I ’ll join the fray,
And fight the battle of TO-DAY.

So much to do: so little done!
But when it ’s o’er,—the victory won,—	10
Oh! then, my soul, this strife and sorrow
Will end in that great, glad TO-MORROW.