Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OMNIPOTENCE, by F. G. HAGER


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OMNIPOTENCE, by                    
First Line: Between my index finger and my thumb
Last Line: The fool says in his heart, there is no god.
Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed


Between my index finger and my thumb
I hold the earth. I spin it as I will.
Ocean and isle are mine. The waves are still
When I command. And potentates are dumb.
Where is the man who can compute the sum
Of days that Time enfolds for good or ill? --
Though Time itself must bide the hour until
I shall reveal the end of time is come.
A cloud of servants wait but to obey;
My prophets have I sent to write my law;
And footprints tell the wise where I have trod.
Yet though the heavens tell my glory aye,
And angels hold my majesty in awe ...
The fool says in his heart, There is no God.





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