September 13

"Things do go wrong. I know grief, pain, and fear.

I see them lord it sore and wide around."

From her fair twilight answers Truth, star-crowned,

"Things wrong are needful where wrong things abound.

Things go not wrong; but Pain, with dog and spear,

False faith from human hearts will hunt and hound.

The earth shall quake 'neath them that trust the solid ground."