Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PROFIT AND LOSS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY


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PROFIT AND LOSS, by                    
First Line: Profit? - loss? / who shall declare this good - that ill?
Last Line: And calls them one.
Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


Profit? -- Loss?
Who shall declare this good -- that ill? --
When good and ill so intertwine
But to fulfill the vast design
Of an Omniscient Will? --
When seeming gain but turns to loss, --
When earthly treasure proves but dross, --
And what seemed loss but turns again
To high, eternal gain?

Wisest the man who does his best,
And leaves the rest
To Him Who counts not deeds alone,
But sees the root, the flower, the fruit,
And calls them one.





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