Rosemary and Pansies

<h2><SPAN name="FOREVER" id="FOREVER"></SPAN>FOREVER</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">We sigh for human love, from which<br/></span> <span class="i2">A whim or chance shall sever,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And leave unsought the love of God,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Though God’s love lasts forever.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">We seek earth’s peace in things that pass<br/></span> <span class="i2">Like foam upon the river,<br/></span> <span class="i0">While, steadfast as the stars on high,<br/></span> <span class="i2">God’s peace abides forever.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Man’s help, for which we yearn, gives way,<br/></span> <span class="i2">As trees in storm-winds quiver,<br/></span> <span class="i0">But, mightier than all human need,<br/></span> <span class="i2">God’s help remains forever.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Turn unto Thee our wavering hearts,<br/></span> <span class="i2">O Thou who failest never;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Give us Thy love and Thy great peace,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And be our Help forever!<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_27" id="page_27">{27}</SPAN></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />