Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, QUAND LE BON DIEU SOURIT, by JOSEPH KLING


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QUAND LE BON DIEU SOURIT, by                    
First Line: ...God, my god!
Last Line: Dear lord!
Subject(s): Desolation; Prayer


. ... God, my God!
Only the stars are healing. ...
Scattered in the
far far
far dark
blue,—a Heaven-lord's
diadem.

That one
sheer
above me,
pearl-white, blue-white—
(Even the street-lamps' beastly glare
cowers before the gentle glory
of its light)—
must be the jewel transcendent
in the Crown of the
King of Kings.

Oh love,—
Only the stars are healing.

So quickly their fingers of light
penetrate
the emptiness
of a desolate soul
and fill it
with peace. ...

A woman's smile can be
mockery,
And a woman's fingers
dull as stone,
And a woman's speech
so cruel, stupid—
But the silence of the stars
is a fair greeting,
and their touch
a soft healing,
and their smile
a father's voiceless love.

Dear Lord—
When my head
is raised
to Your stars,
my heart falls kneeling to You—
Dear Lord!





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