Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHALLENGE, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK


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CHALLENGE, by                    
First Line: Oh that some spirit might in us renew
Last Line: "our god is working with us, now and here!"
Subject(s): Holidays; Religion; Veterans Day; Theology


Oh that some Spirit might in us renew
The dreams that raised old England from the slime!
Blind Milton stirred his age with godly rime,
And Wordsworth, seized with visions, high and true,
Spoke words of calm amid a baffled crew.
Ours is a dark, confused, embittered time:
Entrapped by things, we scorn all thoughts sublime;
False are the lights we stubbornly pursue.

Oh for some Dreamer bold enough to tell
Our halting age that life is strangely right,
That no time was as ours! New seas invite --
But only those with faith and strength to steer!
Oh for some Prophet, saying: "All is well --
Our God is working with us, now and here!"





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