Brokenness

Henry Wadsworth  Longfellow once wrote, "into each life a little rain must fall".  For this "sweet and beautiful soul" knew great sucess, but became much more aquainted with brokenness.  After the death of his second wife, the verse that once rang melodious within him ceased. Longfellow retreated to isolation and suffered from constant pain and loss of sight.  Sorrowfully this soul never peered to see that "Behind the clouds the sun is shining", for he could not "- Be still sad heart and cease repining;".  Oh, that he could have known that brokenness is only intended to bring wholeness. What verse would he have expressed had he preached to his soul as the psalmist did (Ps. 42)?