Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A MOOD, by MABEL N. LAWSON


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A MOOD, by                    
First Line: So much of good lives in this world
Last Line: Else god would not have so decreed.
Subject(s): Fate; Destiny


So much of good lives in this world,
So much of bad is here unfurled
That one is sometimes at a loss
To sift the golden from the dross.
How often wrong's conniving schemes
Reap rich rewards beyond all dreams,
While strong adherents to the right
Seem ever cursed with misery's plight.
How often trails the grossest shame
Quickly on the heels of fame,
While something fine and strong and good
Is covered by the devil's hood.
Horror ever lurks beneath
The belted sword in honors sheathed.
Molten lava boils with rage
Within a lofty, snow-tipped cage.
Only by a contrast strong
Does there exist a right or wrong,
But what is wrong and what is right
Can likened be to day and night;
Each has its purpose, fills a need,
Else God would not have so decreed.





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