Arts & Sciences
Song and Pain
From Severn & Somme (1917)
Arts & Sciences
Out of my sorrow have I made these songs,
Out of my sorrow;
Though somewhat of the making’s eager pain
From Joy did borrow.
Some day, I trust, God’s purpose of Pain for me
Shall be complete,
And then--to enter in the House of Joy....
Prepare, my feet.
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MLA
Gurney, Ivor. “Song and Pain.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gurney/53/.
Chicago
Gurney, Ivor. “Song and Pain.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gurney/53/.
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