Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE RABBI'S SONG, by RUDYARD KIPLING


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First Line: If thought ever reach to heaven
Last Line: Be not expelled from him.
Subject(s): Bible; Jews; Religion; Judaism; Theology


IF thought ever reach to Heaven,
On Heaven let it dwell.
For fear that Thought be given
Like Power to reach to Hell;
For fear that Desolation
And darkness on thy mind
Perplex the habitation
Which thou hast left behind.
Our lives, our tears as water
Are poured upon the ground;
God giveth no man quarter,
Yet God a means hath found,
Tho' faith and hope have vanished
And even love grows dim,
A means whereby his banished
Be not expelled from Him.





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