Poem: “The Sorrow Tugs” by Edgar A. Guest

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The Sorrow Tugs

There’s a lot of joy in the smiling world,
     there’s plenty of morning sun,
  And laughter and songs and dances, too, whenever
     the day’s work’s done;
  Full many an hour is a shining one, when
     viewed by itself apart,
  But the golden threads in the warp of life are
     the sorrow tugs at your heart.

  Oh, the fun is froth and it blows away, and
     many a joy’s forgot,
  And the pleasures come and the pleasures go,
     and memory holds them not;
  But treasured ever you keep the pain that causes
     your tears to start,
  For the sweetest hours are the ones that bring
     the sorrow tugs at your heart.

  The lump in your throat and the little sigh when
     your baby trudged away
  The very first time to the big red school—how
     long will their memory stay?
  The fever days and the long black nights you
     watched as she troubled, slept,
  And the joy you felt when she smiled once
     more—how long will that all be kept?

  The glad hours live in a feeble way, but the sad
     ones never die.
  His first long trousers caused a pang and you
     saw them with a sigh.
  And the big still house when the boy and girl,
     unto youth and beauty grown,
  To college went; will you e’er forget that first
     grim hour alone?

  It seems as you look back over things, that all
     that you treasure dear
  Is somehow blent in a wondrous way with a
     heart pang and a tear.
  Though many a day is a joyous one when
     viewed by itself apart,
  The golden threads in the warp of life are the
     sorrow tugs at your heart.

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