Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SPES EST VATES, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE


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First Line: There is a saying of the ancient sages
Last Line: And rounded into spheres!
Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed


THERE is a saying of the ancient sages:
No noble human thought,
However buried in the dust of ages,
Can ever come to naught.

With kindred faith, that knows no base dejection,
Beyond the sages' scope
I see, afar, the final resurrection
Of every glorious hope.

I see, as parcel of a new creation,
The beatific hour
When every bud of lofty aspiration
Shall blossom into flower.

We are not mocked; it was not in derision
God made our spirits free;
The poet's dreams are but the dim prevision
Of blessings that shall be, --

When they who lovingly have hoped and trusted,
Despite some transient fears,
Shall see Life's jarring elements adjusted,
And rounded into spheres!





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