Lifelong our stumbles, lifelong our regret, Lifelong our efforts failing and renewed, While lifelong is our witness, "God is good:" Who bore with us till now, bears with us yet, Who still remembers and will not forget, Who gives us light and warmth and daily food; And gracious promises half understood, And glories half unveiled, whereon to set Our heart of hearts and eyes of our desire; Uplifting us to longing and to love, Luring us upward from this world of mire, Urging us to press on and mount above Ourselves and all we have had experience of, Mounting to Him in love's perpetual fire. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SECRET by KATHERINE MANSFIELD TO A DEAD LOVER by LOUISE BOGAN MY FATHER'S FACE by HAYDEN CARRUTH NOT TRANSHISTORICAL DEATH, OR AT LEAST NOT QUITE by HAYDEN CARRUTH WISDOM COMETH WITH THE YEARS by COUNTEE CULLEN SONGS FOR TWO SEASONS: 1. AFTER GRAVE ILLNESS by CAROL FROST UNTITLED, 1968; FOR MARK ROTHKO by JAMES GALVIN NEW YEAR'S EVE by DAVID IGNATOW THE GOLDEN WEDDING OF STERLING AND SARAH LANIER by SIDNEY LANIER |