John Oxenham

Profit And Loss

   Profit?—Loss?
   Who shall declare this good—that ill?—
   When good and ill so intertwine
   But to fulfil the vast design
   Of an Omniscient Will?—
   When seeming gain but turns to loss,—
   When earthly treasure proves but dross,—
   And what seemed loss but turns again
   To high, eternal gain?
 
   Wisest the man who does his best,
   And leaves the rest
   To Him who counts not deeds alone,
   But sees the root, the flower, the fruit,
   And calls them one.
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