🍁NOT IN VAIN 🍁
I did not veil mine eyes from night’s dark face,
nor shun the abyss’s foul and bitter breath;
yet in the Light I set my trust and grace—
no vainglorious pulse beats in my breast,
no boast where only quiet faith hath place.
The earth doth heave, and shake my footing sore,
dark shapes do rise with menace in their gaze;
yet a still peace abides for evermore—
no hand may steal, no tempest may erase,
no shadow quench what heaven sent of yore.
Rough is the path, and sharp the thorns that tear,
sorrows like ravens beat on every door;
yet my sure anchor holdth fast and fair—
through every pang, through every grief and fear,
this trust was never planted in despair.
I boast not strength that never knew to fall,
nor light that never trembled in the gloom;
through all the dark that compasseth my call—
my faith is not a shadow nor a name:
it shall outlive the night and silent tomb...07182026 ©LanZhan🌄朝朝暮暮🎑 安娜·梅·德拉·奇纳 안나 메이 델라 차이나...🇨🇳:1005:805
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