ALL things once are things for ever; Soul, once living, lives for ever; Blame not what is only once, When that once endures for ever; Love, once felt, though soon forgot, Moulds the heart to good for ever; Once betrayed from childly faith, Man is conscious man for ever: Once the void of life revealed, It must deepen on for ever, Unless God fill up the heart With himself for once and ever: Once made God and man at once, God and man are one for ever. |