Poems (Coolidge)/The Crumpled Leaf

by Helen Elizabeth Coolidge

TO-DAY

To-day alone is thine;  The past is thine no more; What joy or grief thou mayst not know  The morrows hold in store.

To-day is thine to serve;  Christ's vineyard ready stands Wherein thou mayst in every hour  Obey His least commands.

To-day the strength is given;  Sought, 'twill sufficient be; For past regret, for griefs to come,  'Twas never promised thee.