Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE GOAL OF THE WORLD, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR


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THE GOAL OF THE WORLD, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O the goal of the world is joy
Last Line: The soul to its nobler realms above!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dean
Subject(s): Chopin, Frederic Francois (1810-1849); Death; Funerals; Happiness; Life; Marching & Marches; Dead, The; Burials; Joy; Delight


O THE goal of the world is Joy —
Joy divine that is born of love!
Sorrows are wings that safe convoy
The soul to its nobler realms above.
There are days that darken and die in gloom
Till the heart is heavy with grief and wrong,
Yet still in the shadow some rose will bloom,
And still through the wail there runs a song;
For loss and anguish are only the beat
Of the wild March rains that bring the sheaves,
And a wind of heaven will woo our feet
To the vales of peace in the harvest eves.

Never a star too late or dim
To hold its way with the central sun;
Nor a voice too faint to swell the hymn
By the Father's throne when the years are done —
The ages of God that are moulding fair
Each life for the glory that is to be;
Nor the woes of earth nor the powers of air
Can stay from the palms and the crystal sea!
For oh, the goal of the world is Joy —
Joy divine that is born of love:
Sorrows are wings that safe convoy
The soul to its nobler realms above!





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