HYMNS

OF

FAITH AND HOPE.

DIVINE ORDER

Tis first the true and then the beautiful, Not first the beautiful and then the true; First the wild moor, with rock and reed and pool,

Then the gay garden rich in scent and hue.

' Tis first the good and then the beautiful,

Not first the beautiful and then the good; First the rough seed, sown in the rougher soil, Then the flower- blossom, or the branching wood.

Not first the glad and then the sorrowful,

But first the sorrowful, and then the glad; Tears for a day; for earth of tears is full, Then we forget that we were ever sad.

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