Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow/The Masters

by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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THE MASTERS

OH, who is the Lord of the land of life,
 When hotly goes the fray?
When, fierce we smile in the midst of strife
 Then whom shall we obey?

Oh, Love is the Lord of the land of life
 Who holds a monarch's sway;
He wends with wish of maid and wife,
 And him you must obey.

Then who is the Lord of the land of life,
 At setting of the sun?
Whose word shall sway when Peace is rife
 And all the fray is done?

Then Death is the Lord of the land of life,
 When your hot race is run.
Meet then his scythe and pruning-knife
 When the fray is lost or won.