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Grow Young Along With Me
(On this quote of Robert Browning)
I
Grow old along with me!
The best
is yet to be,
the last
of life,
for which
the first
was made.
Our times are in His hand
Who saith,
'A whole I planned,
youth shows
but half;
Trust God:
See all,
nor be
afraid!'
II
My times are trailing long
behind
me where I've gone;
they wind --
vistas
of joy,
my awe
to see!
My life is not misspent;
I loved
each place I went.
I dared
and moved
beyond
the paths
Fate laid
for me.
III
Grow young again with me!
What Youth
could never see:
first kiss,
lust's blush,
were not
so sweet
or warm !
Our joyous pinions spread
from earth.
For Christ hath said,
"I have
prepared
mansions
before
the earth
was formed."
IV
Oh, Hounds of Death, be still,
sated
be with thy fill.
Those flown,
we loved,
whom you
have born
away!
Our spirits soar to God,
left, lone
sad paths we've trod.
Glorious
our gain,
His plan.
His will:
our good
alway'.
I
Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be,
the last of life, for which the first was made.
Our times are in His hand Who saith, 'A whole I planned,
youth shows but half; Trust God: See all, nor be afraid!'
