<h2><SPAN name="poem56"></SPAN>SORROW’S USES</h2>
<p class="poetry">The uses of sorrow I comprehend<br/>
Better and better at each year’s end.</p>
<p class="poetry">Deeper and deeper I seem to see<br/>
Why and wherefore it has to be.</p>
<p class="poetry">Only after the dark, wet days<br/>
Do we fully rejoice in the sun’s bright rays.</p>
<p class="poetry">Sweeter the crust tastes after the fast<br/>
Than the sated gourmand’s finest repast.</p>
<p class="poetry">The faintest cheer sounds never amiss<br/>
To the actor who once has heard a hiss.</p>
<p class="poetry">To one who the sadness of freedom knows,<br/>
Light seem the fetters love may impose.</p>
<p class="poetry">And he who has dwelt with his heart alone,<br/>
Hears all the music in friendship’s tone.</p>
<p class="poetry">So better and better I comprehend<br/>
How sorrow ever would be our friend.</p>
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