Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MISTAKES, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God sent us here to make mistakes Last Line: The sorrow of our sad mistakes. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Errors; Mistakes; Fallacies | ||||||||
God sent us here to make mistakes, To strive, to fail, to rebegin, To taste the tempting fruit of sin, And find what bitter food it makes. To miss the path, to go astray, To wander blindly in the night. But searching, praying for the light, Until at last we find the way. And looking back along the past, We know we needed all the strain Of fear and doubt and strife and pain To make us value peace, at last. Who fails finds later triumph sweet. Who stumbles once walks then with care, And knows the place to cry "Beware" To other unaccustomed feet. Through strife the slumbering soul awakes We learn on errors troubled route The truths we could not prize without The sorrow of our sad mistakes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AGAINST EXCESS OF SEA OR SUN OR REASON by WILLIAM MEREDITH LIVING WITH MISTAKES by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE A MORTIFYING MISTAKE by ANNA MARIA PRATT UNREALITY by MERCEDES DE ACOSTA THE MISTAKE by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE DISILLUSION by GLADYS CROMWELL MUSOPHILUS: DEDICATION TO MASTER FULKE GREVILLE (2) by SAMUEL DANIEL |
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