Each hath his drug for sorrow
—(Or else the pain would slay!)
For one, it is “To-morrow”;
—For one, 'tis “Yesterday.”
“And hast thou lost, my Brother?”
—“Yea, but in dreams I find.”
“And I” (so saith another)
—“Leave buried dead behind!”
For each, when gyves are fretting,
—A different balm must be.
Some find it in forgetting,
—And some in memory.
—(Or else the pain would slay!)
For one, it is “To-morrow”;
—For one, 'tis “Yesterday.”
“And hast thou lost, my Brother?”
—“Yea, but in dreams I find.”
“And I” (so saith another)
—“Leave buried dead behind!”
For each, when gyves are fretting,
—A different balm must be.
Some find it in forgetting,
—And some in memory.