The Vail

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Title:     The Vail
Author: John Oxenham [More Titles by Oxenham]

He only sees both sides of that dark vail
That hangs before men's eyes--
He only. It is well!
Hope ever stands unseen
Behind the screen,
For knowledge would bring Hope to sudden death,
And cloud the present with the coming ill.
I would lie still, Dear Lord,
I would lie still,
And stay my troubled heart on Thee,
Obedient to Thy will.

[The end]
John Oxenham's poem: Vail

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