To-Morrow by Marie Van Vorst (1913)
“Dearest heart” laments the disappearance of sunlight and asks whether it will return with dawn. The speaker hopes that, after night, the coming morning will enfold the waking hours in brightness and make To-morrow the clearest, best, freshest, gayest, kindest, and happiest day yet shared.
By Marie Van Vorst · First published 1913 · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry, Nature Poetry · 91 words
First lines
Where is all the sunlight gone / Dearest heart and dearest? / Will it come again with dawn / Dearest heart and dearest? / Will it, stealing after night, / Fold the waking hours, till bright / To-morrow breaks the clearest, / Best, of every day we've had / Fresh and gay and good and glad? / _Dearest heart -- and dearest! _
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Marie Van Vorst
- Date: 1913 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry, Nature Poetry, Inspirational Poetry, Children's Poetry
- Length: 91 words
- Structure: 1 section, 1 paragraphs
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Genres
- Lyric Poetry — The work is a short, musical poem expressing an intimate emotional response through repeated address, rhythm, rhyme, and concentrated imagery.
- Love Poetry — Its repeated invocation of 'Dearest heart and dearest' frames the speaker's hope for morning as an affectionate exchange with a beloved.
- Nature Poetry — Sunlight, night, dawn, and the breaking of tomorrow provide the poem's central imagery and natural temporal setting.
- Inspirational Poetry — The poem transforms darkness and uncertainty into hopeful anticipation that tomorrow will be brighter, fresher, and happier.
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fiction · novel · romance · love · society · marriage · women's lives · social class · family relationships · personal growth · emotional conflict · American literature