GARFIELD by EDWARD NOYES POMEROY

Brave sufferer, pausing betwixt life and death,
Now gazing into hopeful, anxious eyes,
Regarding now eternal mysteries!
"Be patient still," the gracious Master saith,
"A prayer for thee rises with every breath;
Heaven, not impregnable, is stormed with sighs,
And praying souls in Heaven have strong allies,
But God all prayer His own way answereth.
Remember that I chose not gain but loss,
With shame and sorrow and the bitter cross,
And death, not life, at last, for thine and thee.
Canst thou not pray with me, 'Thy will be done,'
Leaving thy matter in my hands alone,
And die, if there be need, for mine and me?"

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