Living
Wednesday
From Maurine and Other Poems (1888)
Living
Half-way unto the end--the week's high noon.
The morning hours do speed away so soon!
And, when the noon is reached, however bright,
Instinctively we look toward the night.
The glow is lost
Once the meridian crost.
Cite this poem
MLA
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “Wednesday.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/173/.
Chicago
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “Wednesday.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/173/.
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