I said "I will find God," and forth I went To seek Him in the clearness of the sky, But over me stood unendurably Only a pitiless, sapphire firmament Ringing the world,-blank splendour; yet intent Still to find God, "I will go and seek," said I, "His way upon the waters," and drew nigh An ocean marge weed-strewn and foam-besprent; And the waves dashed on idle sand and stone, And very vacant was the long, blue sea; But in the evening as I sat alone, My window open to the vanishing day, Dear God! I could not choose but kneel and pray And it sufficed that I was found of Thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE NEW CHURCH ORGAN by WILLIAM MCKENDREE CARLETON CHRISMUS ON THE PLANTATION by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE MOTHER WATCH by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST SARRAZINE'S SONG, FR. CHAITIVEL by MARIE DE FRANCE SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 109 by PETRARCH A CHILD IS WEEPING by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS PSALM 1. BEATUS VIR, QUI NON by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE AUTHOR'S FRIEND TO THE READER by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |