Riches and honor may greet him, yea, be his servants the rather;
Wealthy at morn though his station, poor shall at night be his state.
Nor can a man discern the permanent law of possession
Save as he seeks to discover the nature of mortal affairs.
Yet does God give them their law, conferring them through his concession
Unto the weak by his grace; and their going and coming he shares.
He by himself alone provides for and manages solely,
Nor does he doubt to provide nor vary in management still.
For what he sees to be done he does, and his ruling is wholly
Laborless, fixing the form and the time and the bounds of his will.