Belongs to, who all days alike possess,

Make general plenty cure particular dearth,

Get more joy one way, if another, less:

Thou art my single day, God lends to leaven

What were all earth else, with a feel of heaven.

—From “Pippa Passes.”

MY SWORD SONG

By Richard Realf

Day in, day out, through the long campaign,

I march in my place in the ranks;