Q. -- TELL me, Mother Nature, tell, -- What of heaven and what of hell? Who doth ill and who doth well? Tell me, Mother Nature. A. -- Well is done where firmlier life Cometh forth from any strife; Where life-happiness is rife: -- Love to live, my creature. Q. -- What of love? With what intent Is my life with loving blent, -- Sacrifice and sacrament? Tell me, Mother Nature. A. -- Loveless life is null and vain; Love alone is worthy gain, Love alone is worthy pain; -- Live to love, my creature. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER PARTING by SARA TEASDALE THE NIGHTINGALE by PAUL VERLAINE ON FIRST ENTERING WESTMINSTER ABBEY by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY THE SECRETARY; WRITTEN AT THE HAGUE, 1696 by MATTHEW PRIOR LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |