Poem, "Day by day"

Poem, "Day by day"

Death; Heaven; Religious poetry--American; Women poets

This is a poem titled "Day by day" by Susan Coolidge (Susan Chauncey Woolsey). It is about the strange fear of dying and the process of becoming closer to God within that process.

Noyes, Harriet Newell

The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #5

Unpublished

c. 1889

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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- Day by day -
______
"If I were told that I must die to-morrow
That the next sun
Which sinks should bear me past all
fear and sorrow
For any one ,
All the fight fought and all the
short journey through
What should I do?
__________
I do not think that I should shrink
or fallen
But just go on,
Doing my work, nor change nor
seek to alter
Aught that is gone
But rise and move and love
and smile and pray
For one more day.
_______
And lying down at night for a
last sleeping
Lay in that ear

Which hearkens ever "Lord within
thy keeping
How should I fear?
And when to-morrow brings thee nearer still
Do thou thy will".
________
I might not sleep for awe but peaceful
tender
My soul would lie
All night long; and when the
morning splendor
Flashed o'er the sky
I think that I could smile could calmly say
"It is his day."
______
But if wondrous hand from the blue yonder
Held out a scroll
On which my life was writ and I with wonder
Beheld unroll
To a long century's end its mystic [?clew?]
What should I do.
_______________
What could I do O blessed Guide and Master
Other than this -

Still go one as now not slower, faster
Nor fear to miss
The road although so very long it be
While led by thee
___________
Step by step feeling thee close beside me
Although unseen;
Through thorns through flowers whether
the tempest hide thee
Or heavens serene -
Assured thy faithfulness cannot betray
Thy love decay -
______
I may not know my God; no hand revealeth
Thy counsels wise;
Along the path no deepening shadows stealeth;
No voice replies
To all my questioning thought, the time to tell
And it is well.
__________
Let me keep on abiding and unfearing
Thy will always
Through a long century's fruition
Or a short day's ;
Thou canst not come too soon and I can wait
If thou come late-"

Written by Susan Coolidge .



- 日复一日 -
______
“如果有人告诉我明天我必须死
那下一个太阳
哪个水槽应该让我过去所有
恐惧和悲伤
对任何人 ，
所有的战斗和所有的
短途旅行
我应该怎么办？
__________
我不认为我应该缩小
或跌倒
但只要继续，
做我的工作，不改变也不
寻求改变
已经过去了
但是起来，移动和爱
微笑和祈祷
再来一天。
_______
并在晚上躺下
最后一次睡觉
躺在那个耳朵里

哪听过“内在的主
你的保管
我该怎么害怕？
当明天更靠近你
遵行你的旨意”。
________
我可能不会因为敬畏而入睡，而是平静
投标
我的灵魂会说谎
通宵达旦；当
晨光
闪过天空
我想我可以微笑可以平静地说
“今天是他的日子。”
______
但如果来自蓝色彼岸的奇妙之手
拿出一个卷轴
我的生命写在上面，我惊奇不已
看到展开
到一个漫长的世纪末，它的神秘 [?clew?]
我应该怎么办。
_______________
我能做些什么哦，受祝福的向导和大师
除了这个 -

仍然像现在一样走不慢，更快
也不怕错过
这条路虽然很长
在你的带领下
___________
一步一步感觉你在我身边
虽然看不见；
穿过荆棘穿过鲜花是否
暴风雨把你藏起来
或者天堂宁静——
保证你的忠诚不会背叛
你的爱腐朽——
______
我可能不认识我的上帝；没有手显露出来
你的劝告有智慧；
沿着小路，没有越来越深的阴影偷窃；
没有语音回复
对于我所有的质疑思想，是时候告诉
这很好。
__________
让我继续坚守不惧
你会永远
经过一个世纪的硕果累累
或短暂的一天；
你不能来得太早，我可以等
如果你来晚了——”

由苏珊柯立芝撰写。

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