Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BUILDING FOR ETERNITY, by N. B. SARGENT First Line: We are building in sorrow or joy Last Line: In the city of light above? Subject(s): Religion; Theology | ||||||||
WE ARE BUILDING in sorrow or joy A temple the world may not see, Which time cannot mar nor destroy; We build for eternity. Chorus: We are building ev'ry day, A temple the world may not see; Building, building ev'ry day, Building for eternity. Ev'ry thought that we've ever had Its own little place has filled; Ev'ry deed we have done, good or bad, Is a stone in the temple we build. Ev'ry word that so lightly falls, Giving some heart joy or pain, Will shine in our temple walls, Or ever its beauty stain. Are you building for God alone -- Are you building in faith and love A temple the Father will own In the city of light above? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY THE COMPLAINT OF CHAUCER TO HIS EMPTY PURSE by GEOFFREY CHAUCER |
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