Poems (Coolidge)/He Knows

by Helen Elizabeth Coolidge

HE KNOWS

They cannot understand my load,
 These friends I hold so dear;
Sometimes their very trying will,
 Unbidden, start the tear.

I cannot put it into words,
 This daily cross of mine;
The longing that the cup might pass
 No loved one can divine.

They cannot—yet, remember, soul,
 That One there is who knows,
To Him lift up the heavy heart
 Whene'er thy cup o'erflows.

The cross thy loved ones may not see
 Thy Saviour longs to share;
His sympathy its weight can ease,
 Oh, trust His tender care.

"He knows!" Oh! say it o'er and o'er;
 When bravely borne, He knows!
Then, lift a smiling face to His,
 Although thy cup o'erflows.