Salve!
1830-1897
TO live within a cave--it is most good;
But, if God make a day,
And some one come, and say,
'Lo! I have gather'd faggots in the wood!'
E'en let him stay,
And light a fire, and fan a temporal mood!
So sit till morning! when the light is grown
That he the path can read,
Then bid the man God-speed!
His morning is not thine: yet must thou own
They have a cheerful warmth--those ashes on the stone.
DayPoems Poem No. 740
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/740.html">Salve! by Thomas Edward Brown</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
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