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THE POEM I SHOULD LIKE TO WRITE, by                    
First Line: The poem I should like to write was written long ago
Last Line: The master poet wrote it—each burning word and line.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Religion; Theology


The poem I should like to write was written long ago,
In vast primeval valleys and on mountains clad in snow;
It was written where no foot of man or beast had ever trod,
And where the first wild flower turned its smiling face to God;
Where mighty winds swept far and wide o'er dark and sullen seas,
And where the first earth-mother sat, a child upon her knees.

The poem I should like to write is written in the stars,
Where Venus holds her glowing torch behind her gleaming bars;
Where old Arcturus swings his lamp across the fields of space,
And all his brilliant retinue is wheeling into place;
Where unknown suns must rise and set, as ages onward fare—
The poem I should like to write is surely written there.
No human hand can write it, for with a pen divine,
The Master Poet wrote it—each burning word and line.





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