" Then answered Faithful John, "I will not forsake him, and will serve him with fidelity, even if it should cost me my life.
When I do count the clock that tells the time, And see the brave day sunk in hideous night; When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curls all silver'd o'er with white; When lofty trees I see barren of leaves Which erst from heat did canopy the herd, And summer's green all girded up in sheaves Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard, Then of thy beauty do I question make, That thou among the wastes of time must go, Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake And die a
Sometimes, when they woke out of these silences they had a dim and transient consciousness that something had happened to their minds; then with a dumb and yearning solicitude they would softly caress each other's hands in mutual compassion and support, as if they would say: "I am near you, I will not forsake you, we will bear it together; somewhere there is release and forgetfulness, somewhere there is a grave and peace; be patient, it will not be long.
"Forsake the kingdom instantly," said the executioner at last, "and take care never to come back, for you will not only lose your head, but make us lose ours.
But the guardian-angel which every good child has, did not forsake her, but alwaysbrought her into the right path again.
" The king said, "If you are forsaken by all the world, yet will I not forsake you.
Then he went back and said to Gretel, be comforted, dear little sister, and sleep in peace, God will not forsake us, and he lay down again in his bed.
' Then answered faithful John 'I will not forsake him, and will serve him with fidelity, even if it should cost me my life.
" "Come, my good child," said the minister; "our Lord will forsake neither thy mother nor thee.
They fitted out the ships and garrisoned the blockhouses; they fired with their carbines; there were fire and smoke and lightness of spirit - our Lord will never forsake Denmark!
And all forsake the widow; but she holds fast to her God.
In His own time He will take me to Himself, but I know He will never forsake my boy.
She thought of her brothers, and felt sure that God would not forsake her.
