I will not faint, but trust in God Who this my lot hath given; He leads me by the thorny road Which is the road to heaven. Tho' sad my day that lasts so long, At evening I shall have a song; Tho' dim my day until the night, At evening time there shall be light. My life is but a working day Whose tasks are set aright: A while to work, a while to pray, And then a quiet night. And then, please God, a quiet night Where Saints and Angels walk in white: One dreamless sleep from work and sorrow, But re-awakening on the morrow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ROMANCE OF THE SWAN'S NEST by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING COUSIN NANCY by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT NIGHT BY THE RIVER by MUHAMMAD AL-MU'TAMID II THE BOY AND THE BROOK by LEO ALISHAN THE JEWISH MARTYRS by W. V. B. RAIN ON FALL NIGHTS by MILDRED TELFORD BARNWELL |