THE PLANTING.
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"Plant it—all thou canst!—with prayers:
It is safe 'neath His sky's folding
Who the whole earth compasses,
Whether we watch more or less,
His wide eye all things beholding.
It is safe 'neath His sky's folding
Who the whole earth compasses,
Whether we watch more or less,
His wide eye all things beholding.
"Should He need a goodly tree
For the shelter of the nations,
He will make it grow: if not,
Never yet His love forgot
Human love, and faith, and patience.
For the shelter of the nations,
He will make it grow: if not,
Never yet His love forgot
Human love, and faith, and patience.
"Leave thy treasure in His hand—
Cease all watching and all weeping:
Years hence, men its shade may crave,
And its mighty branches wave
Beautiful above thy sleeping."
Cease all watching and all weeping:
Years hence, men its shade may crave,
And its mighty branches wave
Beautiful above thy sleeping."
If his hope, tear-sown, that child
Garnered after joyful reaping,
Know I not: yet unawares
Gleams this truth through many cares,
"It will grow while thou art sleeping."
Garnered after joyful reaping,
Know I not: yet unawares
Gleams this truth through many cares,
"It will grow while thou art sleeping."
