Social Commentaries
The Scales
From Herbs and Apples (1910)
Social Commentaries
I wonder if the store of joy
And love is limited,
And if because my heart is glad
Some other heart has bled.
Believing this, a balance just
Of recompense, I pray
That my beloved gained the joy
I did not have to-day.
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MLA
Whitney, Helen Hay. “The Scales.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitney_hh/214/.
Chicago
Whitney, Helen Hay. “The Scales.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitney_hh/214/.
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