Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SO FAR, SO NEAR, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH Poet's Biography First Line: Thou, so far, we grope to grasp thee Last Line: Silence only may adore thee! Subject(s): God; Life; Religion; Soul; Theology | ||||||||
THOU so far, we grope to grasp thee -- Thou, so near, we cannot clasp thee -- Thou, so wise, our prayers grow heedless -- Thou, so loving, they are needless! In each human soul thou shinest. Human-best is thy divinest. In each deed of love thou warmest; Evil into good transformest. Soul of all, and moving centre Of each moment's life we enter. Breath of breathing -- light of gladness -- Infinite antidote of sadness; -- All-preserving ether flowing Through the worlds, yet past our knowing. Never past our trust and loving, Nor from thine our life removing. Still creating, still inspiring, Never of thy creatures tiring. Artist of thy solar spaces, And thy humble human faces; Mighty glooms and splendors voicing; In thy plastic work rejoicing; Through benignant law connecting Best with best -- and all perfecting, Though all human races claim thee, Thought and language fail to name thee, Mortal lips be dumb before thee, Silence only may adore thee! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY CORRESPONDENCES; HEXAMETERS AND PENTAMETERS by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH |
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