Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SUNDAY UP THE RIVER: 17, by JAMES THOMSON (1834-1882)


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First Line: Let my voice ring out and over the earth
Last Line: Thank god for you!
Alternate Author Name(s): B. V.; Bysshe Vanolis
Variant Title(s): Song


LET my voice ring out and over the earth,
Through all the grief and strife,
With a golden joy in a silver mirth:
Thank God for Life!

Let my voice swell out through the great abyss
To the azure dome above,
With a chord of faith in the harp of bliss:
Thank God for Love!

Let my voice thrill out beneath and above,
The whole world through:
O my Love and Life, O my Life and Love,
Thank God for you!





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