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The Land of Beginning Again

1/15/2018

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The Land of Beginning Again
 
I wish that there were some wonderful place
     Called the land of Beginning Again,
Where all our mistakes and all our heartaches
     And all of our poor selfish grief
Could be dropped like a shabby old coat at the door,
     And never put on again.
 
I wish we could come on it all unaware,
     Like the hunter who finds a lost trail;
And I wish that the one whom our blindness had done 
     The greatest injustice of all
Could be at the gates like an old friend that waits
     For the comrade he’s gladdest to hail.
 
We would find all the things we intended to do
     But forgot, and remembered too late,
Little praises unspoken, little promises broken,
     And all of the thousand and one
Little duties neglected that might have perfected
     The day for one less fortunate.
 
It wouldn’t be possible not to be kind
     In the land of Beginning Again;
And the ones we misjudged and the ones
     Whom we grudged
The moments of victory here
     Would find in the grasp of our loving handclasp
More than penitent lips could explain.
 
For what had been hardest we’d know had been best
     And what had seemed loss would be gain;
For there isn’t a sting that will not take wing
     When we’ve faced it and laughed it away;
And I think that the laughter is most what we’re after
     In the land of Beginning Again.
 
So I wish that there were some wonderful place
     Called the land of Beginning Again,
Where all our mistakes and all our heartaches
     And all of our poor selfish grief
Could be dropped like a shabby old coat at the door,
     And never be put on again.
 
by Louisa Fletcher
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4 Comments
Joyce Smith
8/23/2019 07:16:02 am

Can you tell me who the author of this poem is? I pulled it out of an old family trunk from the 1800's on a very old faded newspaper clipping? I've always loved it. Thanks

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1/4/2022 08:02:54 am

Louisa Fletcher

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Oopypoopy link
1/30/2023 03:02:03 pm

Why are you having the question

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Oogerflam link
1/30/2023 03:04:24 pm

Beecuz I need have I ask the one I wonder about it

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