Life's Harmonies
Let no man pray that he know not sorrow,
Let no soul ask to be free from pain,
For the gall of to-day is the sweet of to-morrow,
And the moment's loss is the lifetime's gain.
Through want of a thing does its worth redouble,
Through hunger's pangs does the feast content,
And only the heart that has harbored trouble,
Can fully rejoice when joy is sent.
Let no man shrink from the bitter tonics
Of grief, and yearning, and need, and strife,
For the rarest chords in the soul's harmonies,
Are found in the minor strains of life.
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Who wrote the poem "Life's Harmonies"?
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850 – October 30, 1919)
Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet who wrote “Solitude,” which contains the famous lines “Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.” Popular among people rather than among literary critics, she often displayed in her poems cheerful and optimistic sentiments in plain and rhyming words. After she married Robert Wilcox in 1884, the couple became interested in spiritualism and promised each other that whoever died first would return and communicate with the other. After her husband died in 1916 after over 30 years of marriage, she was overwhelmed by grief and waited long to hear from her deceased husband in vain. She also believed in reincarnation. She died of cancer in 1919.
"Life's Harmonies" explanation
Sometimes, life seems full of sufferings.
Tragedies will happen, and things that may go wrong generally tend to go wrong.
Some get frustrated, whine and complain, making things worse, while others
focus on the solutions, maintaining positive attitudes. It all depends on the
perspectives. Anything that is not growing is dying, and growth inevitably
entails pain and suffering. All we have to do is to remain vigilant to be on
the right path and to embrace the right kind of sufferings and be grateful at
every waking moment.
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