13. - If I could trust mine own self with your fate

"E drizzeremo gli occhi al Primo Amore."--Dante.

"Ma trovo peso non da le mie braccia."--Petrarca.

If I could trust mine own self with your fate,

Shall I not rather trust it in God's hand?

Without Whose Will one lily doth not stand,

Nor sparrow fall at his appointed date;

Who numbereth the innumerable sand,

Who weighs the wind and water with a weight,

To Whom the world is neither small nor great,

Whose knowledge foreknew every plan we planned.

Searching my heart for all that touches you,

I find there only love and love's goodwill

Helpless to help and impotent to do,

Of understanding dull, of sight most dim;

And therefore I commend you back to Him

Whose love your love's capacity can fill.