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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHY?, by ROBERT NORWOOD
First Line: Why do we follow, like a flock of sheep
Last Line: From bricks and mortar, who have wings to fly?
Subject(s): Worship
First Line: Why do we follow, like a flock of sheep
Last Line: From bricks and mortar, who have wings to fly?
Subject(s): Worship
Why do we follow, like a flock of sheep,
Tradition with a crook,
Or leave the vastness of the calling deep
To paddle in a brook,
When on the hills of sunrise stands the Lord—
Triumphant with a lifted flaming sword?
Why, when upon our lips the great new Name
Waits eager to be said,
When cloven tongues of Pentecostal flame
Burn over every head,
Do we build Babel towers to the sky
From bricks and mortar, who have wings to fly?
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