Poem “Whatever Is–Is Best” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Whatever Is–Is Best

I know as my life grows older,
  And mine eyes have clearer sight–
That under each rank Wrong, somewhere
  There lies the root of Right;
That each sorrow has its purpose–
  By the sorrowing oft unguessed,
But as sure as the Sun brings morning,
  Whatever is–is best.

I know that each sinful action,
  As sure as the night brings shade,
Is sometime, somewhere punished,
  Tho’ the hour be long delayed.
I know that the soul is aided
  Sometimes by the heart’s unrest,
And to grow means often to suffer–
  But whatever is–is best.

I know there are no errors,
  In the great Eternal plan,
And all things work together
  For the final good of man.
And I know when my soul speeds onward
  In its grand Eternal quest,
I shall say, as I look back earthward,
  Whatever is–is best.

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