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The Day Is Done

Published on Nov 18, 2015

This is my poem called, "the day is done".

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The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night,

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As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight.

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I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist,

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And the feeling of sadness comes o'er me That my soul cannot resist:

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A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain

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And resembles sorrow only As mist resembles rain

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Come, read to me some poem, Some simple heartfelt lay

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That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day

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Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime,

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Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time

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For, like strains of martial music, Their mighty thoughts suggest

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Life's endless toil and endeavor; And tonight i long for rest

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Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart,

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As showers from the clouds of summer, and tears from the eyelids start;

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Who, through long days of labor, And nights devoid of ease

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Still heard in his soul of music Of wonderful melodies

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Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care

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And comes like the benediction That follows after prayer

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Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice

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And lend to the ryhme of the poet, The beauty of thy voice

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And the night shall be filled with music And the cares that infest the day,

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Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And silently steal away.

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