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Interpreting God's Ways
Interpret not God's ways, unless his lightHas shone upon thy dark, beclouded mind,
Making earth's scenes of sin and suffering bright,
That thou his way, his perfect way, may'st find.
Boast not thy knowledge of old Nature's laws,
Though thou may'st something of her secrets know;
Canst thou explain her being, or her cause?
Tell how a single blade of grass doth grow?
Or knowest thou how thine eye, or cunning hand,
Doth execute its work with nicest skill?
Canst thou the mind's swift motions understand,
Make all its movements subject to thy will?
Boast not thy knowledge, though, with angel's sight,
Thine eye could pierce the darkness as the light.
Poem No. 302; c. 10 February 1872
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