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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MOUTH OF THE LORD, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography
First Line: God's mouth, it is a wondrous thing
Last Line: With not a mouth at all!
Subject(s): God
First Line: God's mouth, it is a wondrous thing
Last Line: With not a mouth at all!
Subject(s): God
God's mouth, it is a wondrous thing,
As all good folk may see;
It tells the robin what to sing,
And guides the searching bee.
Where morning-glories first unclose
It greets them with a kiss,
It breathes a blush upon the rose,
A balm on clematis.
It thunders to the mountain peaks,
It shouts above the gale,
It prattles to the sunny creeks,
And whispers to the sail.
It prompts the lover's timid tongue
With dear and winsome art,
It smiles the happiest among
Men of a simple heart.
Why, think! what gropings of the mind,
What horror would befall,
Were God a Boundless Undefined,
With not a mouth at all!
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