Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FOR THIS WORLD, by WALTER RAUSCHENBUSCH


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First Line: O god, we thank thee for this universe, our great
Last Line: Glory of god.
Variant Title(s): Fellowship With All;for This Universe
Subject(s): Holidays; Religion; Thanksgiving; Theology


O God, we thank Thee for this universe, our great home; for its vastness and its

riches, and for the manifoldness of the life which teems upon it and of which we

are part. We praise Thee for the arching sky and the blessed winds, for the
driving clouds and the constellations on high. We praise Thee for the salt sea
and the running water, for the everlasting hills, for the trees, and for the
grass under our feet.
We thank Thee for our senses by which we can see the splendor of the morning,
and hear the jubilant songs of love, and smell the breath of the springtime.
Grant us, we pray Thee, a heart wide open to all this joy and beauty and save
our souls from being so steeped in care or so darkened by passion that we pass
heedless and unseeing when even the thornbush by the wayside is aflame with the

glory of God.





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