Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IT IS WELL, by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON


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First Line: When the skies are tinted blue
Last Line: "and trusting say, ""it is well!"
Subject(s): Despair; Faith; God; Happiness; Belief; Creed; Joy; Delight


WHEN the skies are tinted blue,
And your friends are leal and true,
When the carpet 'neath your feet
Blossoms with the floweret sweet,
You can say, "It is well!"

When your heart is full of glee,
And the birds sing blithe and free,
When you know not ruth nor care,
All the world is bright and fair,
You can say, "It is well!"

But if clouds o'erspread the sky,
Lowering darkly from on high;
Peals of thunder rend the air,
Lightning flashing here and there,
Can you say, It is well?"

When your day is full of grief
And the night brings no relief,
Friends are fled and loved ones dead,
Winter's frost upon your head,
Can you say, "It is well?"

Tender Jesu, risen Lord,
To thy servant faith accord,
And when waves of Marah roll,
To thy cross I'll moor my soul,
And trusting say, "It is well!"





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