Poems (Storrie)/God Knows Why
God Knows Why.
God knows whyHe planted cruel thorns about The fragrance of the rose. So ask me not; my own sad doubt Doubts only not God knows.
God knows why He sowed His rarest jewels deep In earth's unlovely clay, And to the lowest life that lives Gave all His pearls away. I know not—I— But God knows why.
God knows why He linked His holiest mystery To instincts like the brutes; And through God-given passions, He Our God-likeness refutes. I know not—I—But surely—oh! but surely God knows why.