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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOD'S HANDWRITING, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY
First Line: He writes in characters too grand
Last Line: We shall see this -- his way was right.
Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John
Subject(s): Religion; Theology
First Line: He writes in characters too grand
Last Line: We shall see this -- his way was right.
Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John
Subject(s): Religion; Theology
He writes in characters too grand
For our short sight to understand;
We catch but broken strokes, and try
To fathom all the mystery
Of withered hopes, of death, of life,
The endless war, the useless strife, --
But there, with larger, clearer sight,
We shall see this -- His way was right.
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