Stedman and Hutchinson, comps. A Library of American Literature:
An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891.
Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Republic, Part IV., 1861–1889
Trust and Submission
By Andrews Norton (17861853)[Selected from Contributions to “The Christian Examiner,” etc.]
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E’er deem thy chastisements severe;
But may this heart, by sorrow taught,
Calm each wild wish, each idle fear.
The sun shines bright, and man is gay;
Thine equal mercy spreads the gloom
That darkens o’er his little day.
Thy frail and erring child must know,
But not one prayer is breathed in vain
Nor does one tear unheeded flow.
Thy purposes of love fulfil;
And, ’mid the wreck of human joy,
May kneeling faith adore thy will!