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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AD ASTRA: 151, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: O would that god had wrought his meaning plain
Last Line: The sun by day, the moon and stars by night.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Death; God; Heaven; Dead, The; Paradise
First Line: O would that god had wrought his meaning plain
Last Line: The sun by day, the moon and stars by night.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Death; God; Heaven; Dead, The; Paradise
'O would that God had wrought His meaning plain,
Not leaving life a riddle, hardly guess'd!'—
The cry that lives upon the lips of pain,
That found an echo in old Khayyám's breast.—
Let no such diffident murmur break thy rest,
The attesting Heavens His wondrous works recite,
The sun by day, the moon and stars by night.
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