Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN PATIENCE, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: I will not faint, but trust in god
Last Line: But re-awakening on the morrow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): God; Grief; Jesus Christ; Life; Patience; Sleep; Sorrow; Sadness


I will not faint, but trust in God
Who this my lot hath given;
He leads me by the thorny road
Which is the road to heaven.
Tho' sad my day that lasts so long,
At evening I shall have a song;
Tho' dim my day until the night,
At evening time there shall be light.

My life is but a working day
Whose tasks are set aright:
A while to work, a while to pray,
And then a quiet night.
And then, please God, a quiet night
Where Saints and Angels walk in white:
One dreamless sleep from work and sorrow,
But re-awakening on the morrow.





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