Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BURDEN BEARER, by CALE YOUNG RICE


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THE BURDEN BEARER, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Bearing the sky on his back
Last Line: On him as doubt of his fate.
Subject(s): Fate; God; Mankind; Rest; Destiny; Human Race


Bearing the sky on his back,
Moon and star in its pack,
Pain and trouble in his breast,
When and where shall man find rest?

Shall infinity so weigh
On his shoulders night and day,
With no counter-thrust of God
To sustain him, as a rod?

Must mortality so small
Still bear all and doubt of all?
God Himself has not such weight
On Him as doubt of His fate.





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