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THE UNFOLDING WILL, by                    
First Line: I spake; lo, my voice was heard in cathay
Last Line: To man's dominating will.
Subject(s): Future; Hope; Optimism


I spake; lo, my voice was heard in Cathay,
Oh, strange are the deeds of men!
A dream from the past fulfilled,
And a voice called out from that Far-a-way
And answered me again
Ere my own word-tones were stilled,

Now the harnessed waves of the air-seas teem
With the spoken thought of man,
Oh, the great round world is small,
No more shall men laugh at a poet's dream
Since Mind has bridged the span
That has separated all.

And I've dreamed of the time that shall surely come,
Whether in my day or not,
All despite the skeptic's doubt,
When the ether space as a medium
Will carry our earnest thought
To the planets round about.

And I've dreamed beside of a future year
When the visions of men are keen
And Space shall its curtains raise,
When the eye shall hold the far-friend near
And the distant lands be seen,
Yes, worlds by our finite gaze!

If the up-start clay hath dreamed and won
Far more than mere dreams give rein,
And the Earth holds secrets still,
As sure as there's light in the constant sun
So sure shall all things be plain
To man's dominating will.





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