Time & Brevity
Time
From Songs for All Seasons, and Other Poems (1901)
Time & Brevity
When there is urgent need for haste
Can we move slow?
Let precious moments run to waste
A chance forego?
Achievement’s dizzy heights alone
Stand forth sublime;
There is no penance to atone
For loss of time.
Cite this poem
MLA
Bass, Cora C. “Time.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bass_cc/57/.
Chicago
Bass, Cora C. “Time.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bass_cc/57/.
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