Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DUST, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL


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First Line: I heard them in their sadness say
Last Line: And haunted by all mystery.
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Subject(s): Death; Dust; Earth; God; Humanity; Mankind; Dead, The; World; Human Race


I HEARD them in their sadness say,
"The earth rebukes the thought of God;
We are but embers wrapped in clay
A little nobler than the sod."

But I have touched the lips of clay,
Mother, thy rudest sod to me
Is thrilled with fire of hidden day,
And haunted by all mystery.





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