THERE is a need for every ache or pain That falls unto our lot. No heart may bleed That resignation may not heal again And teach us -- there's a need. There is a need for every tear that drips Adown the face of sorrow. None may heed, But weeping washes whiter on the lips Our prayers -- and there's a need. There is a need for weariness and dearth Of all that brings delight. At topmost speed Of pleasure sobs may break amid our mirth Unheard -- and there's a need. There is a need for all the growing load Of agony we bear as years succeed; For lo, the Master's footprints in the road Before us -- There's a need. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 2. LOS CIGARILLOS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON CLEOMENS, OR THE SPARTAN HERO: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN RIDDLE ON THE LETTER H (1) by CATHERINE MARIA FANSHAWE ON A LUTE FOUND IN A SARCOPHAGUS by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE THE FIVE STUDENTS by THOMAS HARDY |