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COMFORT by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE

Poet Analysis

First Line: SAY! YOU'VE STRUCK A HEAP OF TROUBLE
Last Line: YOU'VE GOT GOD, AND GOD IS LOVE.

Say! You've struck a heap of trouble --
Bust in business, lost your wife;
No one cares a cent about you,
You don't care a cent for life;
Hard luck has of hope bereft you,
Health is failing, wish you'd die --
Why, you've still the sunshine left you
And the big, blue sky.


Sky so blue it makes you wonder
If it's heaven shining through;
Earth so smil.
What! you're tired and broke and beaten? --
Why, you're rich -- you've got the earth!
Yes, if you're a tramp in tatters,
While the blue sky bends above
You've got nearly all that matters --
You've got God, and God is love.






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