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First Line: From dust thou art and unto dust thou shalt return 1 dammrich, ethel m. I laughed today'
Last Line: The universe remains the same without amends.
Subject(s): Prayer


"From dust thou art and unto dust thou shalt return"
Was given unto us who work;
The living man must do his part,
His life is short, but unto death
He needs must speed and idle not nor shirk.
Nature will not lend herself to science or the arts
For men who are not so adapted and inspired,
She spreads her knowledge in the mental realm
Of those whose mortal spark is with this power fired
And uses them as captains at the helm.

The man who tills the soil for bread
Cannot within himself perform the major deed
But from the power await the growth and rain
That nature gives the planted seed.
If nature choose to cover lands with dust
Can man alleviate this great distraint?
What can man do to cause the skies to rain?
What can man do when all he does, he does in vain?
What can man do to change his lot but tolerate
When so much must be done without his aid?

How can man build his bridges and developments?
What good can engineering do the masters
Without the plans in harmony with elements?
Where can man seek the needed power to heal
Without the chemicals that nature has provided?
What man has all the science and the zeal
To keep a life on earth with soul and corpse divided?
Who is man and why does he mock the laws of nature
When so much on that very power depends?
Why is the universe and death a mystery?
Why so much repetition in our history?
The universe remains the same without amends.





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