Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE MASTER SINGS, by RHYS CARPENTER



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THE MASTER SINGS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: They move on tracks of never-ending light
Last Line: God in his heaven bidding light arise.
Variant Title(s): The Master-singers
Subject(s): Religion; Singing & Singers; Theology; Songs


THEY move on tracks of never-ending light;
They pierce the darkness with the burning thorn
Of star-point and of sun; with shadows torn
From wind and rain, with storm-clouds in their flight,
They glut the whirlpools of abysmal night;
They gather up the flaming shreds of morn;
With streams and forests of a world unborn
They set the hills of Eden in our sight.

True poet-soul, is ought beyond your power?
The very sea in all her caves is still
When you, prophetic, from life's utmost hill,
With song's unearthly vision in your eyes,
Stretch forth your hands,—a watcher on his tower,
God in his heaven bidding light arise.





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