Richard Chenevix Trench (1807-1886). 'O Life, O Death, O World, O Time'. Andrew Macphail, comp. 1916. The Book of Sorrow

Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916.

XXXV. Consolation
‘O Life, O Death, O World, O Time’

By Richard Chenevix Trench (1807–1886)


O LIFE, O death, O world, O time,
O grave, where all things flow,
’Tis yours to make our lot sublime
With your great weight of woe.

Though sharpest anguish hearts may wring,	5
Though bosoms torn may be,
Yet suffering is a holy thing;
Without it what were we?