A Few More Verses

Chapter 94: TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW.

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A collection of short lyrical poems that range from contemplative religious meditations and scriptural-themed pieces to domestic and natural scenes addressing love, consolation, loss, and moral reflection. The verse mixes brief lyrics, sonnets, and occasional poems, using clear imagery of sea, dawn, and everyday life to examine faith, hope, patience, and small acts of kindness. Tone moves between consoling, meditative, and gently optimistic, favoring reflective insight and moral consolation over narrative progression.

TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW.

TO-DAY is mine; I hold it fast,

Hold it and use it as I may,

Unmindful of the shadow cast

By that dim thing called Yesterday.

To-morrow hovers just before,

A bright-winged shape, and lures me on,

Till in my zeal to grasp and know her,

I drop To-day,—and she is gone.

The bright wings captured lose their light:

To-morrow weeps, and seems to say,

“I am To-day,—ah, hold me tight!

Erelong I shall be Yesterday.”