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.