Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, INTO ALL LIVES, by WALT MASON


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INTO ALL LIVES, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Into all lives some rain must fall,' the poet
Last Line: "shack, where people groan when they see your face."
Subject(s): Blessings


"INTO all lives some rain must fall," the poet said on a dismal day, as he wiped

the damp from the kitchen wall, and plugged the roof with a bunch of hay. Into
all lives some rain must pour, which means, hard luck will be with us all; and
some will show that their heads are sore, and they'll have a grouch forty cubits

tall. And some will say, when the hard luck comes, "We're always willing to take

our share; there's no use playing the muffled drums or pushing sobs through the

trembling air. So many blessings have come our way, we'd be cheap skates if we
raised a roar, when Hard Luck comes on a cloudy day, and knocks three times on
our cottage door. Come in, Hard Luck—take the easy chair, and rest your
feet on the chandelier; you'll soon get tired of the cheerful air you'll find in

our little wigwam, here. You'll soon get tired when you hear us spring the
playful jest and the sparkling pun; you'll soon get tired when you hear us sing,

all day till the round of chores is done. You'll feel the gooseflesh along your

back, while you remain in this pleasant place, and you will chase to another
shack, where people groan when they see your face."





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