O Thou Great Being! what Thou art, <br />Surpasses me to know; <br />Yet sure I am, that known to Thee <br />Are all Thy works below. <br /> <br />Thy creature here before Thee stands, <br />All wretched and distrest; <br />Yet sure those ills that wring my soul <br />Obey Thy high behest. <br /> <br />Sure, Thou, Almighty, canst not act <br />From cruelty or wrath! <br />O, free my weary eyes from tears, <br />Or close them fast in death! <br /> <br />But, if I must afflicted be, <br />To suit some wise design, <br />Then man my soul with firm resolves, <br />To bear and not repine!<br /><br />Robert Burns<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/under-the-pressure-of-violent-anguish/
