Of Sadness and Gladness

What great sorrows come with joy!
What great pains come with happiness!
For if sorrows came with sadness,
And if joys came with gladness;
What would we have to gain?


May 20, 2018
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May 30, 2018 at 1:47 PM
Nicely done, Carrie, life is a series of ups and downs and we have to accept the good with the bad. Welcome to Poetry Soup! John
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