MAN'S DAYS
by: Eden Phillpotts
 SUDDEN
wakin', a sudden weepin',
- A li'l suckin', a li'l sleepin';
- A cheel's full joys an' a cheel's short sorrows,
- Wi' a power o' faith in gert to-morrows.
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- Young blood red-hot an' the love of a maid,
- One glorious day as'll never fade;
- Some shadows, some sunshine, some triumphs, some tears,
- An' a gatherin' weight o' the flyin' years.
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- Then old man's talk o' the days behind 'e,
- Your darter's youngest darter to mind 'e;
- A li'l dreamin', a li'l dyin':
- A li'l lew corner o' airth to lie in.
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'Man's Days' is reprinted from An
Anthology of Modern Verse. Ed. A. Methuen. London: Methuen
& Co., 1921. |
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