Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FORTITUDE, by GERTRUDE BROWN SMITH


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FORTITUDE, by                    
First Line: The fearfulness of life fills all my heart
Last Line: Fear's grip is gone, my joy it cannot mar.
Subject(s): Worship


The fearfulness of life fills all my heart
With sorrow that hides beauty from my sight . . .
The glory of a harvest moon-lit night,
The flight of birds that from the woodlands start.
Fear pierces me as if it were a dart.
I have so little time on earth to stay
And yet life baffles me in every way
It takes all ecstasy from out my heart.
Life matters not; it's courage I must hold,
Fortitude will support me all the way.
The wraith of fear I will drive fast and far.
Now I can watch God's loveliness unfold.
Beauty in all her forms will come each day;
Fear's grip is gone, my joy it cannot mar.





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