Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CHEERFUL HEART, by ANONYMOUS First Line: The world is ever as we take it' Last Line: "when first he said, ""let there be light." Subject(s): Creation;life | ||||||||
"THE world is ever as we take it, And life, dear child, is what we make it." Thus spoke a grandam, bent with care, To little Mabel, flushed and fair. But Mabel took no heed that day Of what she heard her grandam say. Years after, when no more a child, Her path in life seemed dark and wild. Back to her heart the memory came Of a quaint utterance of the dame: "The world, dear child, is as we take it, And life, be sure, is what we make it." She cleared her brow, and smiling thought, "'T is even as the good soul taught! "And half my woes thus quickly cured, The other half may be endured." No more her heart its shadows wore; She grew a little child once more. A little child in love and trust, She took the world (as we, too, must) In happy mood; and lo! it grew Brighter and brighter to her view. She made of life (as we, too, should) A joy; and lo! all things were good And fair to her as in God's sight When first he said, "Let there be light." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD SAYING YES TO LIVING by DAVID IGNATOW THE WORLD IS SO DIFFICULT TO GIVE UP by DAVID IGNATOW TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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