A little time for laughter
Philip Bourke Marston
1850 to 1887
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A little time for laughter,
A little time to sing,
A little time to kiss and cling,
And no ______ kissing after.
A little while for scheming
Love's unperfected schemes;
A little time for golden dreams,
Then no more ______ dreaming.
A little while 'twas given
To me to ______ thy love;
Now, like a ghost, alone I move
______ a ruined heaven.
A little time for speaking
Things ______ to say and hear;
A time to seek, and ______ thee near,
Then no more any seeking.
A little ______ for saying
Words the heart breaks to say;
A ______ sharp time wherein to pray,
Then no more need ______ praying;
But long, long years to weep in,
And ______ the whole
Great grief that desolates the soul,
And ______ to sleep in.