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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A GRAIN OF SAND, by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Do you see this grain of sand Last Line: Than the brightest sun or star. | |||
Do you see this grain of sand Lying loosely in my hand? Do you know to me it brought Just a simple loving thought? When one gazes night by night On the glorious stars of light, Oh how little seems the span Measured round the life of man. Oh! how fleeting are his years With their smiles and their tears; Can it be that God does care For such atoms as we are? Then outspake this grain of sand "I was fashioned by His hand In the star lit realms of space I was made to have a place. "Should the ocean flood the world, Were its mountains 'gainst me hurled, All the force they could employ Wouldn't a single grain destroy; And if I, a thing so light, Have a place within His sight; You are linked unto his throne Cannot live nor die alone. In the everlasting arms Mid life's dangers and alarms Let calm trust your spirit fill; Know He's God, and then be still." Trustingly I raised my head Hearing what the atom said; Knowing man is greater far Than the brightest sun or star. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN APPEAL TO MY COUNTRYWOMEN by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER BURY ME IN A FREE LAND by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER LEARNING TO READ by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER LET THE LIGHT ENTER (THE DYING WORDS OF GOETHE) by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER THE SLAVE AUCTION by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER THE SLAVE MOTHER by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER VASHTI by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER A STORY OF THE REBELLION by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER AUNT CHLOE'S POLITICS by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER |
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