The Diary of an Old Soul

Daily Readings by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905)

September 2

I know at least which is the better mood.

When on a heap of cares I sit and brood,

Like Job upon his ashes, sorely vext,

I feel a lower thing than when I stood

The world's true heir, fearless as, on its stalk,

A lily meeting Jesus in his walk:

I am not all mood—I can judge betwixt.