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A poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Song Of The Spirit

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Title:     Song Of The Spirit
Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox [More Titles by Wilcox]

All the aim of life is just
Getting back to God.
Spirit casting off its dust,
Getting back to God.
Every grief we have to bear
Disappointment, cross, despair
Each is but another stair
Climbing back to God.

Step by step and mile by mile -
Getting back to God;
Nothing else is worth the while -
Getting back to God.
Light and shadow fill each day
Joys and sorrows pass away,
Smile at all, and smiling, say,
Getting back to God.

Do not wear a mournful face
Getting back to God;
Scatter sunshine on the place
Going back to God;
Take what pleasure you can find,
But where'er your paths may wind.
Keep the purpose well in mind, -
Getting back to God.


[The end]
Ella Wheeler Wilcox's poem: Song Of The Spirit

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