Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FROM ALTRURIA, by FRANCES M. MILNE


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First Line: A little glimpse of heaven upon our wearied earth
Last Line: The law of life eternal — the law of brotherhood.
Subject(s): Brotherhood; Weariness; Fatigue


A LITTLE glimpse of heaven upon our wearied earth;
Like sunshine and like music of some remembered mirth,
It lingers with my spirit, and gives our souls a claim
Of sisterhood, though strangers we were in even name.

Oh, beautiful uplifting above the narrow plane
Of self and selfish striving, we count our living vain.
I felt as if a gateway had opened, wide and free,
To that bright land of "Nowhere," the poet showed to me.

We drifted with Time's current that bore us far apart;
But still that voice of kindness is pulsing in my heart.
It kindles inspiration when hope is faint and wan —
Like the first fresh wind of morning that stirs before the dawn.

A little glimpse of heaven upon our wearied earth;
A sweet assurance given of days that shall have birth:
When the plaint of helpless sorrow and the wild revolt of wrong
Shall pass before the coming of the Loving and the Strong.

When our souls shall learn the secret of the turmoil and the pain,
And we know the tie that binds us is a tie for loss and gain,
That time nor change can alter though blindly we withstood
The law of life eternal — the law of brotherhood.





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