So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious realm where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Robert wished that he might be able that night to lie down to pleasant dreams but he knew that he would lay down with an unfaltering trust in Marie, that he would have the faith in her which would move mountains, that he would never doubt her no matter how long a time passed and would prove that his love for her was supreme and his faith unfaltering. Robert read another poem on "Perserverance" by Goethe: PERSEVERANCE We must not hope to be mowers, And to gather the ripe gold ears, Unless we have first been sowers And watered the furrows with tears. It is not just as we take it, This mystical world of ours, Life's field will yield as we make it A harvest of thorns or of flowers. He realized that perhaps all the good things of life do not come to us easily and that we might have to go through sorrows and trouble to try our faith. Robert decided to persevere and try to be philosophic and hope, no matter what happened, and to continue to watch and wait for good news from Marie. Before he retired that night, Robert read "The Golden Hour" by James W. Foley: I'm sending you one golden hour From the full jeweled crown of the day; Not sorrow or care shall have power To steal this rare jewel away. I'm bidding you join in the dreaming I had in that hour of you, When all of the old dreams, in seeming, Were gold like the hour, and came true. So let's dream like a child in its playing, Let's make us a sky and a sea, Let's change the things 'round us by saying They're things that we wish them to be; And if there is sadness or sorrow, Let's dream till we charm it away, Let's learn from the children, and borrow A saying from childhood: "Let's play!" Let's play that the world's full of beauty, Let's play there are roses in bloom, Let's play there is pleasure in duty, And light where we thought there was gloom. Let's play that this heart with its sorrow Is bidden be joyous and glad, Let's play that we'll find on tomorrow The joys that we never have had. Let's play that regret with its ruing Is banished forever and aye, Let's play there's delight but in doing, Let's play there are flowers by the way. However the pathway seem dreary, Wherever the footsteps may lead, Let's play there's a song for the weary If only the heart will give heed.