Who dares deny, that all first fruits are due To God, denies the God-head to be true: Who doubts, those fruits God can with gain restore, Doth, by his doubt, distrust his promise more. He can, he will, and with large interest pay, What (at his liking) he will take away. Then royal Charles, and Mary, do not grutch That the Almighty's will to you is such: But thank his greatness, and his goodness too; And think all still the best, that he will do. That thought shall make, he will this loss supply With a long, large, and blessed posterity! For God, whose essence is so infinite, Cannot but heap that grace, he will require. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE NEW YEAR by ALFRED TENNYSON HOME THOUGHTS FROM EUROPE by HENRY VAN DYKE BEAUTY by KENNETH SLADE ALLING THE WHITE EAGLE by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE FAREWELL TO AUTUMN by JULIA FIELD BROWN THE WANDERER: 1. IN ITALY: INDIAN LOVE SONG by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |