Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SEEKER AFTER GOD, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP


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First Line: There was a dreamer once, whose spirit trod
Last Line: God, on that instant, visited his heart!
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


There was a dreamer once, whose spirit trod
Unnumbered ways in thwarted search for God:
He stirred the dust on ancient books; he sought
For certain light in what the teachers taught;
He took his staff and went unto the Wise,
And deeper darkness fell about his eyes;
He lived a hermit, and forebore his food,
And God left visitless his solitude;
He wrapped himself in prayer night after night,
And mocking demons danced across his sight.
Resigned at last to Him he could not find,
He turned again to live among mankind—
And when from man he no more stood apart,
God, on that instant, visited his heart!





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