Experience bows a sweet contented face, Still setting to her seal that God is true: Beneath the sun, she knows, is nothing new; All things that go return with measured pace, Winds, rivers, man's still recommencing race: ''" While Hope beyond earth's circle strains her view, Past sun and moon, and rain and rainbow too, Enamoured of unseen eternal grace. Experience saith, "My God doth all things well:" And for the morrow taketh little care, Such peace and patience garrison her soul: ''" While Hope, who never yet hath eyed the goal, With arms flung forth, and backward floating h | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CAROLINA [JANUARY, 1865] by HENRY TIMROD THE BIRDS: THE HYMN OF THE BIRDS by ARISTOPHANES PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 30. AL-HADIL by EDWIN ARNOLD THE LAST MAN: MEDITATION by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES PSALM 117 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE MARTYR OF BRUSSELS by HENRY CHAPPELL LINES TO A COMIC AUTHOR, ON AN ABUSIVE REVIEW by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |