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Say! You've struck a heap of trouble --
Bust in business, lost your wife;
No one cares a cent about you,
You don't care a cent for life;
Hard luck has of hope bereft you,
Health is failing, wish you'd die --
Why, you've still the sunshine left you
And the big, blue sky.
Sky so blue it makes you wonder
If it's heaven shining through;
Earth so smiling 'way out yonder,
Sun so bright it dazzles you;
Birds a-singing, flowers a-flinging
All their fragrance on the breeze;
Dancing shadows, green, still meadows --
Don't you mope, you've still got these.
These, and none can take them from you;
These, and none can weigh their worth.
What! you're tired and broke and beaten? --
Why, you're rich -- you've got the earth!
Yes, if you're a tramp in tatters,
While the blue sky bends above
You've got nearly all that matters --
You've got God, and God is love.
Robert William Service
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Hans VR (8/11/2011 8:57:00 PM)
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Uplifting, a good read fo rthe morning.
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Diana Fischer (8/11/2011 7:41:00 PM)
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True God is love, love that peom!
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Daniel Martin (8/11/2011 7:03:00 AM)
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Or, as the great Eric Idle put it... 'always look on the bright side of life...'!
Great poem, full of positivity and perspective. Regardless of individual faith or beliefs, the message in this poem is still very relevant today.
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Pranab k Chakraborty (8/11/2011 12:15:00 AM)
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First stanza attracts loudly but after that it flows with the conventional way of projecting universal life where a singular is also tied hard with the same thread. Truth has been uttered freely.
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Riekairu Calo (8/11/2010 11:41:00 PM)
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inspiring poem inspires a poets......
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Juan Olivarez (8/11/2010 11:46:00 AM)
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Awe inspiring words, very well placed and everything makes sense. Excellent piece from an outstanding poet.
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JOSEPH POEWHIT (8/11/2010 4:18:00 AM)
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Words put a perspectve upon what people value and weigh in life. The Kingdom of GOD is within and all things are added unto you.
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Ramesh T A (8/11/2010 2:28:00 AM)
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Nature, God's best creation makes all rich by it beauty and bountiful nature! Nice and joyful lines about Nature makes it interesting to read and feel elated!
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Joey Valenzuela (8/11/2010 2:25:00 AM)
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the poem is much of an inspiring poem......
im not a believer but i know that religion is really important in human life.....
one of the very role of religion is that it teaches about righteousness; without religion, won't care no more if they hurt another.......
secondly, religion provides hope.......just like this poem....
religion was my basis to become a good person that i can....i don't want to say that religion is useless, because it is not, but i think being obsessed to these Gods and supernatural creatures is foolishness...
just pick up the lessons of every religion but don't ever be obsessed to their Gods.......because they're impossible....
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Uchenna Nnodum (8/11/2009 9:23:00 PM)
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wow this is 10+.Them, massage was great a real confort in human sorrows.what would makes smile when we think we've lost eveything.
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