If we could push ajar the gates of life,And stand within, and all God's workings see,We could interpret all this doubt and strife,And for each mystery could find a key.But not today. Then be content, poor heart!God's plans, like lilies pure and white, unfold:We must not tear the close-shut leaves apart--Time will reveal the calyxes of gold.
Mary Riley Smith
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