Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 41. TO THE 'UNKNOWABLE' GOD, by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) First Line: I god with the awful voiceless void Last Line: Or are our groans towards earless heights outpoured! Subject(s): God | ||||||||
O God within the awful voiceless void, God of the terrible and viewless night, God also of the burning midday light, God, by whose hand the countless stars are buoyed, And all the golden sunrise-clouds deployed, And all the ridges of the sea made bright, And the far snow-fields limitlessly white, God whom the green woods worship, overjoyed: We cannot reach thee: yet can prayer make head Against the glittering tide of stars and suns And reach thy gracious central throne at once? Can our lone cry surmount the hill-tops red With fiery sunset? Can we find thee, Lord, Or are our groans towards earless heights outpoured! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MOUNTAIN IS STRIPPED by DAVID IGNATOW AS CLOSE AS BREATHING by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 1 by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN BIRTH-DUES by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE SILENT SHEPHERDS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS A GIFT OF SPRING by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |
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