Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MICHELANGELO, by LOUISE LINCOLN NEWELL


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MICHELANGELO, by                    
First Line: There is a god, the artist said
Last Line: "upon it set thy seal."
Subject(s): Art & Artists; Creation; God


"There is a God," the artist said,
"I feel him in my heart;
His presence near, His grandeur dread
I seek to show in art.
O let me paint His power as well,
His purity reflect!
For this great task in me indwell,
O Spirit, and direct!

O let me draw His matchless grace
As He creates the world;
His majesty -- naught can efface --
His glory all unfurled!
The first man made, all pure and true,
In Thine own form, reveal!
Thy help I ask, this task to do;
Upon it set Thy seal."





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