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Lo, thy Father's loving kindness
Falleth 'round thee, everywhere.
Read in earth's frail starry blossoms
Or those higher stars above,
God is strength and power and wisdom,
God is justice, mercy, love.

Soul of mine, what is thy portion?
Oh ye roaring floods be still.
God, the loving, all-wise Father,
Shall His promises fulfill.
Thine to live while temples crumble,
Thine to live while creeds decay,
Thine to live while worlds dissolving
Melt in flames or dust away.
Thine to sing o'er death victorious,
While death's vanquished armies rage;
Thine to claim in joy and gladness
An immortal heritage.


MY ROSES

They bloomed in such rich perfectness,
My artist's brush or poet's pen
Had hoped to only half confess
Their novelty, waxen richness, when
I dreamed a dream of sweet completeness,
Of one who lived the roses' sweetness.

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