 | [Poems by Cary in] The Poetical Works Of Alice and Phoebe Cary |  |
[Why should our spirits be opprest]
Why should our spirits be opprest
When days of darkness fall?
Our Father knoweth what is best,
And He hath made them all.
When days of darkness fall?
Our Father knoweth what is best,
And He hath made them all.
He made them, and to all their length
Set parallels of gain;
We gather from our pain the strength
To rise above our pain.
Set parallels of gain;
We gather from our pain the strength
To rise above our pain.
All, all beneath the shining sun
Is vanity and dust;
Help us, O high and holy One,
To fix in thee our trust;
Is vanity and dust;
Help us, O high and holy One,
To fix in thee our trust;
And in the change, and interfuse
Of change, with every hour,
To recognize the shifting hues
Of never-changing Power.
Of change, with every hour,
To recognize the shifting hues
Of never-changing Power.
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