Life is a night all dark and wild, <br />Yet still stars shine: <br />This moment is a star, my child - <br />Your star and mine. <br /> <br />Life is a desert dry and drear, <br />Undewed, unblest; <br />This hour is an oasis, dear; <br />Here let us rest. <br /> <br />Life is a sea of windy spray, <br />Cold, fierce and free: <br />An isle enchanted is to-day <br />For you and me. <br /> <br />Forget night, sea, and desert: take <br />The gift supreme, <br />And, of life's brief relenting, make <br />A deathless dream.<br /><br />Edith Nesbit<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-gift-of-life-9/
