V.
And disappointment lurks in every spot;
The plays of life all end in tragedy;
Smiles turn to tears, when some dark counterplot
Changes the scene from joy to misery.
There is a power whose vast supremacy
Doth our unwise appointments overthrow;
We plan—but God appoints our destiny,
And therefore all seems changeful here below;
But still from scene to scene with new born hope we go.