Christina Rossetti — Patience of Hope

The flowers that bloom in sun and shade          And glitter in the dew,                  The flowers must fade. The birds that build their nest and sing          When lovely spring is new,                  Must soon take wing. The sun that rises in his strength          To wake and warm the world,                  Must set at length. The sea that overflows the shore          With billows frothed and curled,                  Must ebb once more. All come and go, all wax and wane,          O Lord, save only Thou                  Who dost remain The Same to all eternity.          All things which fail us now                  We trust to Thee.