Poems (Curwen)/Dinna Forget

by Annie Isabel Curwen

Dinna Forget.

Dinna forget, in winter's gloom,
 That summer skies are blue;
Dinna forget, when fortune frowns,
 There's aye one Friend that's true;
And dinna forget, when all else fail,
 The One who cares for you.

Dinna forget, when the cruise runs low,
 And thy heart is faint with fear,
Not a sparrow falls but the Father knows;
 So tak' heart, be o' good cheer,
And dinna forget 'tis the darkest hour
 That comes when dawn is near.

Dinna forget, when thy heart is sore
 With memories of thy wrongs,
That God doth make the righteous clear.
 Heed not the lying tongues;
And dinna forget, when thy passions rise,
 Vengeance to heaven belongs.

Dinna forget, when thy soul is down
 In the black depths of despair,
That thou canst rise from the dark abyss
 On the golden wings of prayer;
Dinna forget that the weakest cry
 Reaches the Father's ear.

Dinna forget, when there's danger near,
 That ever by night and day
Ministering angels of light, unseen,
 Are hovering round thy way,
Ready to help in the hour of need,
 So dinna forget to pray.