Sunday, October 13, 2024

While my days go on

I praise Thee while my days go on;
I love Thee while my days go on!
Through dark and dearth, through fire and frost,
With emptied arms and treasure lost,
I thank Thee while my days go on.

        Elizabeth Barrett Browning, De Profundis, stanza 23
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