Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WHERE IS HEAVEN?, by EVERETT GUY TALBOTT


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WHERE IS HEAVEN?, by                    
First Line: Let me not dream of some fair paradise
Last Line: But here on earth, when men are ruled by love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Talbott, E. Guy
Subject(s): Heaven; Paradise


Let me not dream of some fair paradise
Beyond the grave where fleshless angels dwell,
While here my brothers die in sacrifice
To Mars and Moloch, making earth a hell.
Instead, let me fulfill the dreams of those
Prophetic men of old who saw a world
Redeemed by love; with none of Moloch's woes:
Where flags of Mars are never more unfurled.

Yet if I dream, let not my dreams remain
As clouds of hope beyond the reach of man;
But let them form a house where men attain
The Golden Age, unfound since time began.
Heaven is not in some fair realm above,
But here on earth, when men are ruled by love.





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