Sunday, January 1, 2012

"Te Deum"

Not because of victories
I sing,
Having none,
But for the common sunshine,
The breeze,
The largess of the spring.

Not for victory
But for the day's work done
As well as I was able;
Not for a seat upon the dais
But at the common table.

A poem by Charles Reznikoff.

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