Poems (Hazlett-Bevis)/Yesterday

by Sophia Courtoulde Hazlett-Bevis

For works with similar titles, see Yesterday.

Yesterday.

Would you recall it if you could?
 Was every moment golden-lined?
Were bright hours spent in happy mood?
 Did not a shadow creep behind?
Was some one bettered by your life?
 Did aching heart cease thus to beat?
If not, your yesterday was rife
 With all that means a sure defeat.