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