@3Al-Mo'hyî! the "Quickener!" hereby Praise Him whom Angels praise eternally@1. "And of His signs is this," saith the Great Book; "Under the angry sun the slain earth—look!— Dries up the dust; dies every growing thing; Then blow we breaths of southern wind which bring Rain-dropping clouds, and see! the dead earth lives, And stirs, and swells; and every herb revives. So shall the dead be quickened by His breath, This is Al-Mo'hyî's sign," the Great Book saith. @3Oh, thou believer! shall it be He saves the green thing, and not thee?@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO BEACHEY, 1912 by CARL SANDBURG THE VISION by GEORGE SANTAYANA THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN IN PARADISE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE MYSTIC'S VISION by MATHILDE BLIND THE CONTRACT by EMILY DICKINSON THE CROPPY BOY: (A BALLAD OF '98) by WILLIAM B. MCBURNEY |