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Poem
April 16, 1923
Evening Capital
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
What is this article about?
Light-hearted poem by John Kendrick Bangs expressing a wish for a perfect day full of joy, flowers, and brotherhood, free from care and hatred, urging the reader to contribute to making it real. Followed by a humorous schoolboy joke about races.
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A LINE O' CHEER
By John Kendrick Bangs.
THE PERFECT DAY
Wish a day might come along—
Just chock-full of mirth and song
For all persons everywhere
Who are loaded down with care.
Wish each week could have a day
Full of flowers sweet and gay
Spreading wide on every side
Every woe of man to hide.
Wish somehow a day might be
Of all hatreds wholly free,
When all men might learn the good
Of a loving brotherhood—
Maybe, Friend, if so you try
Might and main, persistently,
You can help make of today
Just the sort for which I pray.
(© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
Teacher—Name the five great races of mankind. Boy—The mile, the half-mile, the four-forty, and the two-twenty, and hundred yard dashes.
By John Kendrick Bangs.
THE PERFECT DAY
Wish a day might come along—
Just chock-full of mirth and song
For all persons everywhere
Who are loaded down with care.
Wish each week could have a day
Full of flowers sweet and gay
Spreading wide on every side
Every woe of man to hide.
Wish somehow a day might be
Of all hatreds wholly free,
When all men might learn the good
Of a loving brotherhood—
Maybe, Friend, if so you try
Might and main, persistently,
You can help make of today
Just the sort for which I pray.
(© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
Teacher—Name the five great races of mankind. Boy—The mile, the half-mile, the four-forty, and the two-twenty, and hundred yard dashes.
What keywords are associated?
Perfect Day
Mirth And Song
Loving Brotherhood
Help Make Today
John Kendrick Bangs
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By John Kendrick Bangs.
Poem Details
Title
The Perfect Day
Author
By John Kendrick Bangs.
Key Lines
Maybe, Friend, If So You Try
Might And Main, Persistently,
You Can Help Make Of Today
Just The Sort For Which I Pray.