To-Morrow
Where art thou, beloved To-morrow? When young and old, and strong and weak, Rich and poor, through joy and sorrow, Thy sweet smiles we ever seek,-- In thy place--ah! well-a-day! We find the thing we fled--To-day.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Where art thou, beloved To-morrow? When young and old, and strong and weak, Rich and poor, through joy and sorrow, Thy sweet smiles we ever seek,-- In thy place--ah! well-a-day! We find the thing we fled--To-day.
Shelley speaks directly to the future as if it’s a person he adores and longs to find. He asks where this “beloved To-morrow” is, because all of us — young and old, rich and poor — spend our days chasing after its promised happiness.
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