Poems of Peace/To-morrow and To-day
TO-MORROW AND TO-DAY
In the dark land of To-morrow
I dwelt with pain and sorrow,
And I sighed for joys and blessings that escaped me as I
ran;
And the darkness gathered round me,
For the morrow ever found me
Living in “what I ought to do,” and not in what I can.
And I sought for loving-kindness
In the dim, dark haunts of blindness;
In the lightless caves of self I searched for blessedness and
rest;
And I reached out hands appealing,
Sadly groped for light and healing,
Striving for “what I want to have,” not what is true and
best.
Then I found that selfish hoping,
Darkly seeking, blindly groping
In vain wishing and regretting chased life’s glory from
my brow;
So I ceased from selfish fretting,
Turned to Love, and, self-forgetting,
Left “what I hope to get and keep,” for what I will be
now.
So I fled from self and sorrow,
Left the dark land of To-morrow,
And thought of what kind deeds to do, what loving
words to say;
And the light of peace and gladness
Chased away the clouds of sadness,
For I lost the past and future in the bright world of
To-day.