Poems (Jordan)/Doubt Not
DOUBT NOT
To look upon a pale and peaceful face, Whose lips have frozen e'er last thoughts were spoken;To see sublime suggestions in the commonplace,— As on a blossomed branch the storm hath broken:—To see these and no more,—the weary brainAsks why such promises so rich,—so vain?
Who careth for the silenced thought, and who For smitten bud on sapful stem now dying?Who hath left all these mysteries in view, Upon our daily path forever lying?Ah, God is to His purpose taking heed,Thy questions, all, must to life's Answer, lead!
He taketh heed, and so He this permits,— He knows our eyes will yield to such attraction—Earth's silences and brokenness He fits, Essential parts, to Heaven's satisfaction;—Then doubt no more; His love is always wise;His wisdom by no act that love denies!
God's Thought is perfect and His Purpose whole, Within all earthly signs of incompleteness—As was the worship of that pardoned soul Whose broken box filled all the air with sweetness!Doubt not—God lives! and He will show to FaithHis steady footprints on Earth's fickle path!