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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BETTER WORLD, by HIERONYMUS LORM
First Line: Who lives by thought or by belief
Last Line: Is in itself a better world.
Subject(s): Reason; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals
First Line: Who lives by thought or by belief
Last Line: Is in itself a better world.
Subject(s): Reason; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals
WHO lives by thought or by belief
Finds in the World a home of pain,
But when Religion's might is vain
Reason is strong to vanquish grief
Religion, in deep midnight furled,
A better World but prophesies;
Reason, with clear and open eyes,
Is in itself a better World.
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