So Oft I Cry

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Example for my contest.

Four score and twenty years 
I rinsed my lids- so many tears 
So oft I sigh
 
To life anew- firsts breathe 
To life lost- ye mourn a death 
So oft they die 

Twenty years and forty score 
I'll weep again, at least once more 
So oft I cry

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Beata Agustin

Date: 6/9/2020 2:02:00 AM

Thanks for this example. What matters most is that God gives us genuine joy; and then He wipes our tears as we trust Him do so. God bless you.

Anisha Dutta

Date: 6/8/2020 12:55:00 PM

'So oft I cry' So true . That's Life.

Reason A. Poteet

Date: 6/7/2020 8:58:00 PM

We are all crying on the inside even w/o the tears that bring release. Rough times, these past few weeks and back through the isolation of COVID. Touching piece, Charles.

Eve Roper

Date: 6/5/2020 7:43:00 PM

Great example, thank you it helps. hugs eve

Mohan Chutani

Date: 6/4/2020 4:10:00 AM

Charles, quite a serious subject of life & death. Will try. Thanx for this example.

Sara Kendrick

Date: 6/2/2020 4:05:00 PM

Interesting work. Not sure I understand exactly the meaning. Forty score and twenty would be 820 years so I know you are not talking about living that long. Enjoyed reading it. Thanks for the visit by my page. My family and I are well we have come thus far without coming down with the virus and I hope that we don't and I hope it soon goes away or we get a vaccination. Sara