Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THIS BEAUTIFUL EARTH, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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THIS BEAUTIFUL EARTH, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, the beauty I have seen
Last Line: Where we go!
Subject(s): Earth; World


Oh, the beauty I have seen,
On the earth and in the sky!
Oh, the sunshine in between
As the shadows floated by!
Oh, the faces sweet and fair,
And the bird-notes in the air,
And the grace the blossoms bear
Dearly nigh!

Where the sunrise glory gleams,
Where the twilight hushes fall,
In the laughter of the streams,
In the ivy on the wall,
Where the thoughts of love arise
In a maiden's happy eyes --
What a dream of beauty lies
Over all!

There are terrors of the storm,
There is winter's chilly woe,
But the Father-love is warm,
And His wisdom has it so;
All the world's the Father's kiss,
Just a glimmer of the bliss
In the region after this
Where we go!





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