A Mood
Philip Bourke Marston
1850 to 1887
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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The frozen river once more thaw and run
Time's tide is dark and bitter with our tears;
Behold! How fair it is to see in Spring,
Why should we swell it with the greater pain
But then things pass, and some day Spring is done;
Under fresh wind, and warm, soft, flickering sun!
Lo! now the fairness of a love well won; —
Would it not be far wiser to have none?
To feel somewhile the lips of pleasure sting?
Of one sad color let our days be spun,
So we may live, nor weep to see life wane.
And, since we see there are no joys that cling,
Is it not good to dance and laugh and sing,
Of fair gone things; a few, glad, golden years?