Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DESTINY, by LUCIA CATHERINE GRAEME GRIEVE


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DESTINY, by                    
First Line: I was not made to turn to dust
Last Line: Enough! God spake, and here am I!
Subject(s): Fate; Destiny


I was not made to turn to dust,
Wind-blown between the earth and sky;
Nor yet a half-burned firebrand, thrust
Into earth's darkness, there to die.

My soul is not a "fleeting breath"
Dependent on some chemic sign;
Nor can the great resolvent, death,
Destroy one atom that is mine.

Akin unto the wind I am,
That sweeps abroad through night and space;
Akin unto the stars I am,
That gaze with wonder on God's face.

Akin unto the birds I am,
That, careless, shout their morning praise;
Akin unto the worm I am,
Earth-tangled -- yet He knows my ways!

I long have wandered in the quest
Of life's great goal, and still in vain;
And quietude has been a guest
That never would with me remain.

The riddle yet is all unsolved;
I know not why or whence I came;
Nor can untwist the strands involved
In this my many-textured frame.

And still, withal, one thing I know,
Since this my soul cannot decay,
Where'er I wander, high or low,
I travel an appointed way.

Since this is so, my way I go,
And know not whence I came or why;
A mote within the sunbeam's glow --
Enough! God spake, and here am I!





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