{"id":1301,"date":"2016-01-12T07:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sawpublishing.com\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2019-01-14T11:47:51","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T16:47:51","slug":"it-is-the-start-and-yet-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sawpublishing.com\/it-is-the-start-and-yet-the-end\/","title":{"rendered":"It is the Start and Yet the End – Chelsea Burden"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"We<\/div>\n

\"We
\nIt is the start and yet the end,
\nRegret and joy combined;
\nFor when I round my life-road’s bend
\nI must leave here behind.<\/p>\n

O! be the future e’er so bright,
\nAnd e’er so free from tears,
\nI’ve left behind my final sight
\nOf this day’s hopes and fears.<\/p>\n

The promise of the future shines
\nWith untold wealth to me;
\nAnd yet I leave these pleasant lines
\nFor what I cannot see.<\/p>\n

This hour is fleeting fast away,
\nAnd setting hangs the sun;
\nAnd though ’twill rise another day,
\n‘Twill be another one!<\/p>\n

The scene will change, as when the light
\nIs dimmed and curtain drawn:
\nAnd be the next so fair a sight,
\nThe first will still be gone.<\/p>\n

I cannot bear to bid farewell;
\nTo start upon my way;
\nFor deep within me rings the knell:
\n“It will not be today!”<\/p>\n

I leave so many mem’ries here,
\nSo many conflicts won;
\nNot always joys, but doubly dear
\nBecause their day is done.<\/p>\n

Then bid I here my last goodbye,
\nMy parting eulogy;
\nAnd hope that as the years shall fly
\nSill brighter days I’ll see.<\/p>\n

For though I never more return,
\nTheir mem’ry lingers on,
\nThe only token we may earn,
\nOf days forever gone.<\/p>\n

And almost, as in mem’ry’s eye
\nThese scenes again appear,
\n‘Twill seem as though the years gone by
\nHave left me standing here!<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Chelsea Burden and www.sawpublishing.com, 2016. Unauthorized use and\/or duplication of this material without express and written permission this site’s author and\/or owner is strictly prohibited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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