Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SONG OF THE WEATHER, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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First Line: The heart of the world beats aloof from our lives
Last Line: He gave me the sceptre; and shall I not reign?
Subject(s): Weather


"The heart of the world beats aloof from our lives.
Under a sweet-browed, happy sky
Saints live sadly and sadly die;
Our joy with a sullen heaven strives;
The firmament cannon sound peal on peal
When nothing but foolish deeds is done,
Yet a shuddering through men's hearts may run
And all the nations in anguish kneel
Beneath a faultlessly smiling sun."

But the hushed, bare treetops all carol together
When the bird in my heart is singing,
And the dark sky glimmers in cloudy weather
When up through the parting soul-mists springing
My spirit has broken its tether,
And all things sullen and dumb and drear
To the listening spirit attuned to hear
With heaven's still music are ringing.

Lo, I am the lord of my storm and my sun!
Lo, I am the lord of my sky and my rain!
My soul is at home in a happy domain
Vaulted o'er by the smile of the Beautiful One.
He gave me the sceptre; and shall I not reign?





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