Trust

Trust written by William Henry Davies

From "The Loneliest Mountain", 1939

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Once I was wise when, in my youth,
I went my way alone;
Before this world betrayed my trust,
And turned my heart to stone.

Or is it at all in God's good time,
In keeping with His plan -
That I may put more trust in Him,
The more I lose in Man?

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