The Diary of an Old Soul

Daily Readings by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905)

June 16

How many helps thou giv'st to those would learn!

To some sore pain, to others a sinking heart;

To some a weariness worse than any smart;

To some a haunting, fearing, blind concern;

Madness to some; to some the shaking dart

Of hideous death still following as they turn;

To some a hunger that will not depart.