Or else, they grasp at sweetmeats, and mock at their childishness thereby: they
cling to their straw of life, and mock at their still clinging to it.
God's love and mercy can overcome all things--our ignorance, and weakness, and all the burden of our past wickedness--all things but our wilful sin, sin that we
cling to, and will not give up.
How much longer she could
cling to the straining strands she could not guess.
For the night - tho' clear - shall frown - And the stars shall look not down, From their high thrones in the Heaven, With light like Hope to mortals given - But their red orbs, without beam, To thy weariness shall seem As a burning and a fever Which would
cling to thee for ever :
Not only do we know this ourselves, but Christ, the Son of God, came down to earth and told us that this life is but for a moment and is a probation; yet we
cling to it and think to find happiness in it.
There was none thus to
cling to Tarzan, who yearned so for the love of someone, of something.
I don't know why or how it is; but since I have known of her husband's death, my old tenderness for her seems to
cling to me more obstinately than ever.