Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MATTER AND SPIRIT, by JAMES HERVEY HYSLOP


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MATTER AND SPIRIT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In the world chaos
Last Line: Win it from god.
Subject(s): Death; Life; Love; Dead, The


IN the world chaos,
Force and its reign,
Might against right,
Threaten the spirit
With a lost faith,
And its clear light
With the dark shadows,
Veiling its power.
Death is its mask
Hiding its life,
But the soul's hope,
Challenging fate,
Baffling its doubts,
Looks to the stars
For a clear path
To the white throne;
Begging the dead
That they come back,
And in their love
Give us a pledge
Of a new life.
Heaven must yield
Something to prayer,
Would it reveal
What a man hopes.
All the great field,
Darkened by ages
Having no light,
Opens its gates
Now to the seer.
Here the new land,
Waiting for wisdom
And for brave men:
Bold is the task,
Glorious the prize,
And the heroic
Win it from God.





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