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Poem
October 21, 1911
The Cairo Bulletin
Cairo, Alexander County County, Illinois
What is this article about?
A speaker vows to leave the day's work struggles and petty worries behind, reserving evenings for peaceful time with his wife, sharing only major griefs together.
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Peace, stand so thin at the door:
I won't bring distress to the loving ones there
by telling my worries and thrashing them o'er.
The day, with its struggle for profit and pelf,
shall have all the effort that I can bestow:
the evening belongs to my wife and myself,
and naught that is sordid or mean shall it know.
Some day I may meet in my pathway a grief
too big and too husky to tackle alone,
and then I will go to my wife for relief,
and we shall o'ercome it. I'll bet my last bone.
But all the small worries that make a man gray,
when blows the night whistle are laid on the shelf;
such troubles belong to the strenuous day -
the evening belongs to my wife and myself.
I won't bring distress to the loving ones there
by telling my worries and thrashing them o'er.
The day, with its struggle for profit and pelf,
shall have all the effort that I can bestow:
the evening belongs to my wife and myself,
and naught that is sordid or mean shall it know.
Some day I may meet in my pathway a grief
too big and too husky to tackle alone,
and then I will go to my wife for relief,
and we shall o'ercome it. I'll bet my last bone.
But all the small worries that make a man gray,
when blows the night whistle are laid on the shelf;
such troubles belong to the strenuous day -
the evening belongs to my wife and myself.
What sub-type of article is it?
Song
What themes does it cover?
Love Courtship
Moral Virtue
Commerce Trade
What keywords are associated?
Domestic Harmony
Work Worries
Marital Relief
Evening Peace
Daily Struggles
Poem Details
Form / Style
Rhymed Quatrains
Key Lines
The Evening Belongs To My Wife And Myself
And Naught That Is Sordid Or Mean Shall It Know.
And We Shall O'ercome It. I'll Bet My Last Bone.
Such Troubles Belong To The Strenuous Day The Evening Belongs To My Wife And Myself.