(240-243) Works Of Love
Part Two III
Love Hopes All Things and Yet Is Never Put To Shame
Hope, Love, And The Eternal
Common knowledge seems to know
That all will end in wretchedness
So all the joys of life forgo
And live each day in bitterness
From such thoughts evil can flow
It stems from a kind of shrewdness
Our vain mentality can tell us so
Thus we end in fearful small-mindedness
In all of this, love has no presence
So profoundly is it diminished
This is a loss of the divine essence
When the eternal thus is finished
We do not hope for another person
Unless it's to our advantage
That's worthless as we have to learn
Such a hope can just do damage
The lover in real love endures
Uncorrupted belief in the eternal
In the scope of love feels ensured
And holds hope for one and all
Love and hope exist together
And thus they bring our best gift
To know all things are forever
They will heal all worldly rifts
When we hope for all, we avoid life's ills
Love hopes all things yet is never brought to shame
All expectations will be fulfilled
Out of love thus in God's name