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Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.

Poems of Sentiment: I. Time

Three Days

James Roberts Gilmore (1822–1903)

SO much to do: so little done!

Ah! yesternight I saw the sun

Sink beamless down the vaulted gray,—

The ghastly ghost of YESTERDAY.

So little done: so much to do!

Each morning breaks on conflicts new;

But eager, brave, I ’ll join the fray,

And fight the battle of TO-DAY.

So much to do: so little done!

But when it ’s o’er,—the victory won,—

Oh! then, my soul, this strife and sorrow

Will end in that great, glad TO-MORROW.