Poems (Rumell)/Be still and know

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BE STILL AND KNOW
Where the answer to life's questions, shall we find,That doth so anguish the heart and torture the mind?From somewhere, a sweet voice, whispers, soft and low,"Oh thou child, just be Still and Wait and Know."
Be thou still, and listen for the smallest word,Of hope and courage, that from all life is heard:From stars, and thought of man, the globe encircling,Perfumed flowers, and flaming butterfly's gauzy wing.
Wait, and rush not in, where angels fear to tread,Where our false views oft tangle life's fine thread:Where in after years, we see God's design so plain:And we only have to smooth, and work them out again!
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Know, that behind all that seems to us not good,Where we waste our strength to change it if we could:-God's choicest blessings and deepest love doth flow;And it is ours, just to be Still, and Wait and Know!

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