I. TOGETHER once, but never more While Time and Death run out their runs: Tho' sundered now as shore from shore, Together once. Nor rising suns, nor setting suns, Nor life renewed which springtide bore, Make one again Death's sundered ones. Eternity holds rest in store, Holds hope of long reunions: But holds it what they hungered for Together once? II. Whatso it be, howso it be, Amen. Blessed it is, believing, not to see. Now God knows all that is; and we shall, then, Whatso it be. God's Will is best for man whose will is free. God's Will is better to us, yea, than ten Desires whereof He holds and weighs the key. Amid her household cares He guides the wren, He guards the shifty mouse from poverty; He knows all wants, allots each where and when, Whatso it be. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO AN AEOLIAN HARP by SARA TEASDALE THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT by ROBERT BURNS STANZAS FOR MUSIC (3) by GEORGE GORDON BYRON DO YOU FEAR THE WIND? by HAMLIN GARLAND THE TRAVELLER AT THE SOURCE OF THE NILE by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE PILGRIM FATHERS by JOHN PIERPONT RESOLUTION AND INDEPENDENCE by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |