THE blackest clouds have suns beyond To touch them with a fairy's wand; And never was a cloud — not one — That has outlasted our good sun; If it's too sunny, 't is allowed That hottest sun makes heaviest cloud. Never did the longest rain Fail to end in sun again; Mud has never yet been spied That, some day, did not get dried; Never was the dust so thick But a shower would lay it quick. If the winter is so chill, Summer heat is coming still; If the summer is too hot, Winter's coming, when it's not; And, between them, spring and fall — Not too cold or hot at all. When night's blackest, twice as gay Is the dawn at break of day; If the noon hour is too bright, 'T will not be so, late at night; And the stars and silver moon Gild December, more than June. Man may trudge the longest mile And, to the end, smile meets with smile; And on sunny days sit down And frown, till all around him frown; What you are will others be — Smile for smile, and glee for glee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TURTLE SOUP by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN by ALFRED TENNYSON TO EDWARD FITZGERALD by ALFRED TENNYSON THE KING'S HAND by MUHAMMAD AL-MU'TAMID II QUATRAIN: HERRICK by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 1. ALLAH by EDWIN ARNOLD |