That the golden age is not in the past nor in the future, but now, is
the refrain of these verses:
There are no days for me in long ago,
No days in which to work and love and pray,
No richly freighted hours where sweet winds blow.
There is no treasure for me but to-day.
There is no field where I may sow my seed
Beyond the reach of evening’s setting sun.
If to this soil to-day I pay no heed,
The future’s fertile fields may ne’er be sown.
The age of iron, of bronze, they are not now,
The bright-gemmed present is my golden age,
In which I think and live and love and do
What deeds are worth life’s brave and noble wage.
And finding in to-day my age of gold
To-morrow glows with promise and delight,
As if the happy isles oft dreamed of old
Were dawning now upon my blissful sight. (Text.)
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=Golden Rule, The=--See CIRCUMSTANCES, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF;
CONSIDERATENESS.
=Good and Evil=--See NATURE, DUAL, IN MAN.