Assured

Alexander Posey 1873 (Eufaula, Creek Nation, Indian Territory) – 1908 (Oklahoma)



Be it dark; be it bright;
    Be it pain; be it rest;
Be it wrong; be it right—
    It must be for the best.

Some good must somewhere wait,
    And sometime joy and pain
Must cease to alternate,
    Or else we live in vain.
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Submitted by halel on July 13, 2020

Modified on April 24, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB XCXC
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 218
Words 44
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

Alexander Posey

Alexander Lawrence Posey was an American poet, humorist, journalist, and politician in the Creek Nation. He founded the Eufaula Indian Journal in 1901, the first Native American daily newspaper. more…

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