Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, UNLESS! UNLESS!, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY


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UNLESS! UNLESS!, by                    
First Line: See now, my brothers, - / one and all
Last Line: Come back to god!
Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


See now, my brothers, --
One and all
We met The Call
With hearts unbreakable,
And bore the brunt
Of woes unspeakable.
But -- on in front --
Just on in front --
Lie depths of horror and distress.
Foul pits of utter ugliness.
Of misery and wretchedness,
Beyond the power of man to express, --
Unless! ..........................
...................... Unless! --

One only way there is by which this load
Of coming ill may yet be turned to good, --
One -- only -- way, --
Come back to God!

No laws, no cleverness, no statesmanship
Of man can save the world and with new life equip;
One Power alone, -- Come back to God,
And His allegiance own!

Cast out the evils that our souls debased!
Cleanse out Life's temple! Sweep it clean and chaste!
Let His fair image be no more defaced! --
Come back to God!

Come back to God! --
The only road by which the coming ill
May yet be turned to good, --
Come back to God!
Come back to God!





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