Living

A Little Song

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1850–1919

From Poems of Progress and New Thought Pastels (1913)

Living

Oh, a great world, a fair world, a true world I find it;
A sun that never forgets to rise,
On the darkest night, a star in the skies,
And a God of love behind it.

Oh, a good life, a sweet life, a large life I take it,
Is what He offers to you, and me;
A chance to do, and a chance to be,
Whatever we chose to make it.

Oh, a far way, a high way, a sure way He leads us;
And if the journey at times seems long,
We must trudge ahead, with a trustful song,
And know at the end He needs us.

MLA

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “A Little Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/311/.

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