The Diary of an Old Soul

Daily Readings by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905)

July 13

Amazed at sightless whirring of their wheels,

Confounded with the recklessness and strife,

Distract with fears of what may next ensue,

Some break rude exit from the house of life,

And plunge into a silence out of view—

Whence not a cry, no wafture once reveals

What door they have broke open with the knife.