Work To-Day

James McCauley 1917 (Lakemba) – 1976 (in Hobart)



Youth's the time; Youth's the season!
Learn and labor while you may,
Hear the voice of age and reason,-
Work to-day.

Labor hard in morning's prime,
Hasten on without delay,
Make the most of early time-
Work to-day.

Up betimes, nor let the sun
Find you sleeping or at play,
Sleep enough when life is done-
Work to-day.

Cull the sweets from ev'ry flower,
Seize the moments while you may,
Nor idly pass one sunny hour-
Work to-day.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Words 81
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

James McCauley

James Phillip McAuley (12 October 1917 – 15 October 1976) was an Australian academic, poet, journalist, literary critic and a prominent convert to Roman Catholicism. He was involved in the Ern Malley poetry hoax. more…

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