Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EARTH IS ENOUGH, by EDWIN MARKHAM


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First Line: We men of earth have here the stuff
Last Line: To build eternity in time!
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


We men of earth have here the stuff
Of Paradise—we have enough!
We need no other stones to build
The stairs into the Unfulfilled—
No other ivory for the doors—
No other marble for the floors—
No other cedar for the beam
And dome of man's immortal dream.
Here on the paths of every-day—
Here on the common human way—
Is all the busy gods would take
To build a Heaven, to mold and make
New Edens. Ours the task sublime
To build eternity in time!





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