Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A RADIO HYMN, by ALICE M. SHEPARD


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A RADIO HYMN, by                    
First Line: O thou who first didst use a sign
Last Line: Preserve our contact with thy throne.
Subject(s): Radio


O Thou who first didst use a sign
To keep Thy children from despair—
The pillared cloud, the fire divine,
The rainbow pledge of future care—

Imperfectly we know Thy thought,
Yet dare recall Thy ways of yore,
Behold, O Lord, what Thou hast wrought,
And bless the radio, we implore.

The speeding message far transcends
The bounds and limits man assigns;
We use Thy lightning for our ends,
Afar, we follow Thy designs.

Thy laws fulfilled, we work our will
With clever touch of sentient keys,
And unseen wavelets bear the thrill
To distant shores of ether seas.

O may the wave lengths of our souls
Be tuned and measured to Thine own,
And keyed to pitch no foe controls,
Preserve our contact with Thy throne.





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