We sigh for human love, from which A whim or chance shall sever, And leave unsought the love of God, Though God's love lasts forever. We seek earth's peace in things that pass Like foam upon the river, While, steadfast as the stars on high. God's peace abides forever. Man's help, for which we yearn, gives way, As trees in storm-winds quiver, But, mightier than all human need, God's help remains forever. Turn unto Thee our wavering hearts, O Thou who failest never; Give us Thy love and Thy great peace, And be our Help forever! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SLEEP by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH ALMS by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY CASEY AT THE BAT (2) by ERNEST LAWRENCE THAYER BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY THE FLITCH OF BACON: MY OLD COMPLAINT (ITS CAUSE AND CURE) by WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH IF I GROW OLD by ETHEL BERRY ALLEN THESMOPHORIAZUSAE: EURIPIDES by ARISTOPHANES THE RIVAL CELESTIAL by WILLIAM ROSE BENET THE UNKNOWN WOMAN by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK |