Another Day
Each morn, as I get out of bed,
These thoughts keep running through my head:
“Another day to do my work,
To do it well and not to shirk;
“Another day to laugh and sing
That joy to others I may bring;
Another day of hopes and fears,
Of happy hours - perhaps, some tears!”
And when, at night, I go to bed,
I’m always hoping I have shed
Some sunshine, as I lived the day,
To help another on his way.
By Gertrude Tooley Buckingham
Gertrude E. Tooley was born on 26 June 1880 in New York City, New York, United States of America. She became a music teacher and a poet. She was married to Samuel L. Buckingham (1875 - 1958) on 21 October 1903, and together the couple had two daughters. Her published works include “Poems at Random” (1948). Gertrude E. Tooley Buckingham passed on at 91 years of age on 4 August 1971.
Each morn, as I get out of bed,
These thoughts keep running through my head:
“Another day to do my work,
To do it well and not to shirk;
“Another day to laugh and sing
That joy to others I may bring;
Another day of hopes and fears,
Of happy hours - perhaps, some tears!”
And when, at night, I go to bed,
I’m always hoping I have shed
Some sunshine, as I lived the day,
To help another on his way.
By Gertrude Tooley Buckingham
Gertrude E. Tooley was born on 26 June 1880 in New York City, New York, United States of America. She became a music teacher and a poet. She was married to Samuel L. Buckingham (1875 - 1958) on 21 October 1903, and together the couple had two daughters. Her published works include “Poems at Random” (1948). Gertrude E. Tooley Buckingham passed on at 91 years of age on 4 August 1971.
