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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET. I. CORINTHIANS, XV, by GEORGE LUNT Poet's Biography
First Line: O fool! To judge that he, who from the earth
Last Line: Well might the great apostle say, 'thou fool!'
Subject(s): Bible; Creation; God
First Line: O fool! To judge that he, who from the earth
Last Line: Well might the great apostle say, 'thou fool!'
Subject(s): Bible; Creation; God
I. CORINTHIANS, XV.
O FOOL! To judge that He, who from the earth
Created man, cannot his frame restore,
The scattered elements from every shore
Call back, and clothe with a celestial birth!
See from its sheath the buried seed break forth,
Blade, stalk, leaf, bud, and now the perfect flower,
Changing and yet the same; and of His power
A token each! And art thou counted worth
Less than the meanest herb? Changed from the dust,
And little lower than the angels made,
More changed by sin, to death itself betrayed,
Yet heir of heaven by an immortal trust!
Doubter unwise, in reason's narrow school,
Well might the great Apostle say, 'Thou fool!'
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