Poems (Dorr)/What my Friend Said to me
WHAT MY FRIEND SAID TO ME
Trouble? dear friend, I know her not. God sent His angel Sorrow on my heart to lay Her hand in benediction, and to say,"Restore, O child, that which thy Father lent,For He doth now recall it," long ago. His blessed angel Sorrow! She has walked For years beside me, and we two have talkedAs chosen friends together. Thus I knowTrouble and Sorrow are not near of kin. Trouble distrusteth God, and ever wears Upon her brow the seal of many cares;But Sorrow oft hast deepest peace within. She sits with Patience in perpetual calm, Waiting till Heaven shall send the healing balm.