A Lament
A Lament - meaning Summary
Suffering Refines Spiritual Ascent
Wilde contrasts three kinds of lives: the comfortable rich who are untouched by hardship, the afflicted families crushed by hunger and sorrow, and the hard-working sufferer who endures toil. The poem argues that suffering, when met with perseverance and creative moral response, can elevate the individual spiritually. Rather than praising ease or lamenting pain alone, it honors those who turn life’s hardships into a means of drawing closer to God.
Read Complete AnalysesO well for him who lives at ease With garnered gold in wide domain, Nor heeds the splashing of the rain, The crashing down of forest trees. - O well for him who ne'er hath known The travail of the hungry years, A father grey with grief and tears, A mother weeping all alone. - But well for him whose feet hath trod The weary road of toil and strife, Yet from the sorrows of his life Builds ladders to be nearer God.
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