Into all lives some rain must fall, <br />Into all eyes some tear-drops start, <br />Whether they fall as gentle shower, <br />Or fall like fire from an aching heart. <br />Into all hearts some sorrow must creep, <br />Into all souls some doubtings come, <br />Lashing the waves of life's great deep <br />From dimpling waters to seething foam. <br /> <br />Over all paths some clouds must lower, <br />Under all feet some sharp thorns spring, <br />Tearing the flesh to bitter wounds, <br />Or entering the heart with their bitter sting. <br />Upon all brows rough winds must blow, <br />Over all shoulders a cross be lain, <br />Bowing the form in its lofty height <br />Down to the dust in bitter pain. <br /> <br />Into all hands some duty's thrust; <br />Unto all arms some burden's given, <br />Crushing the heart with its weary weight, <br />Or lifting the soul from earth to heaven. <br />Into all hearts and homes and lives <br />God's dear sunlight comes streaming down, <br />Gilding the ruins of life's great plain-- <br />Weaving for all a golden crown.<br /><br />Anonymous Americas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/decreed/
