Another looks, with eager eyes aglow,
To some glad day of joy that yet will dawn,
And sighs, “I shall be happy then, I know;
Oh, let me hurry on.”

But I—I look out on my fair To-day;
I clasp it close and kiss its radiant brow.
Here with the perfect present let me stay,
For I am happy now!

Complete list of poems.
[PASSIONAL.]
[SURRENDER.]
[THE BIRTH OF THE OPAL.]
[THE DIFFERENCE.]
[TWO LOVES.]
[THE WAY OF IT.]
[ANGEL OR DEMON.]
[DAWN.]
[PEACE AND LOVE.]
[THE INSTRUCTOR.]
[BLASE.]
[THE SEA-BREEZE AND THE SCARF.]
[THREE AND ONE.]
[INBORN.]
[TWO PRAYERS.]
[SLEEP AND DEATH.]
[ABSENCE.]
[LOVE MUCH.]
[ONE OF US TWO.]
[HER REVERIE.]
[TWO SINNERS.]
[WHAT LOVE IS.]
[CONSTANCY.]
[PHILOSOPHICAL.]
[RESOLVE.]
[OPTIMISM.]
[PAIN’S PROOF.]
[IMMORTALITY.]
[ANSWERED PRAYERS.]
[THE LADY OF TEARS.]
[THE MASTER HAND.]
[SECRET THOUGHTS.]
[THERE COMES A TIME]
[THE WORLD.]
[NECESSITY.]
[ACHIEVEMENT.]
[BELIEF.]
[WHATEVER IS—IS BEST.]
[PEACE AT THE GOAL.]
[THE LAW.]
[RECOMPENSE.]
[DESIRE.]
[DEATHLESS.]
[KEEP OUT OF THE PAST.]
[THE FAULT OF THE AGE.]
[DISTRUST.]
[ARTIST AND MAN.]
[MISCELLANEOUS.]
[BABYLAND.]
[A FACE.]
[AN OLD COMRADE.]
[ENTRE-ACTE REVERIES.]
[A PLEA.]
[THE ROOM BENEATH THE RAFTERS.]
[THE MOTHER-IN-LAW.]
[AN OLD FAN.]
[NO CLASSES!]
[A GRAY MOOD.]
[AT AN OLD DRAWER.]
[THE OLD STAGE QUEEN.]
[FAITH.]
[THE TRUE KNIGHT.]
[THE CITY.]
[WOMAN.]
[THE SOUL’S FAREWELL TO THE BODY.]
[THIMBLE ISLANDS.]
[MY GRAVE.]
[REFUTED.]
[THE LOST LAND.]
[THE SOUTH.]
[A SAILOR’S WIFE.]
[LIFE’S JOURNEY.]
[THE DISAPPOINTED.]
[FISHING.]
[A PIN.]
[THE ACTOR.]
[ILLOGICAL.]
[NEW YEAR.]
[NEW YEAR.]
[NOW.]