Trust in God

Charles Harpur 1813 (Windsor) – 1868 (Australia)



Deep trust in God—for that I still have sought
       Through all the grim doubts that bemock the soul,
When in the amazement of far-reaching throught,
       We list the labourings that for ever roll
Like dubious thunders through those clouded regions
       Where night and destiny the counsels keep
Of Time developing his shadowy legions.
And when I ve stood upon some hazardous steep
       Of speculation—heaving up its bare
       And rugged ridge high in the nebulous air
Of endless change, and thence tremendously
       Throwing its shadow, like a blind man’s stare,
Out through the dread unknown—deep trust in Thee,
O God! Hath likewise been my refuge there.   

 

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 22, 2023

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Scheme ABABCDCDEEFEFE
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 687
Words 107
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

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