Religion

The Bright Side

by Cora C. Bass 1868–1928

From Songs for All Seasons, and Other Poems (1901)

Religion

The bright side
Is the right side,
The side we seek to see.
The wrong way,
Is a long way,
And will not make us free.

The right side,
Is the light side,
The side that mirror’s bliss;
The wrong way,
Is a long way,
And one we cannot miss.

The right side
Is the white side,
Where nothing dark can tread;
The wrong way
Is a long way,
Beset by foes we dread.

The bright side,
Not the night side
Will cheer the weary eye;
By fair ways,
There are stair ways
To homes beyond the sky.

MLA

Bass, Cora C. “The Bright Side.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bass_cc/160/.

Chicago

Bass, Cora C. “The Bright Side.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bass_cc/160/.

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