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OMNIPOTENCE by F. G. HAGER

First Line: BETWEEN MY INDEX FINGER AND MY THUMB
Last Line: THE FOOL SAYS IN HIS HEART, THERE IS NO GOD.
Subject(s): FAITH; BELIEF; CREED;

Between my index finger and my thumb
I hold the earth. I spin it as I will.
Ocean and isle are mine. The waves are still
When I command. And potentates are dumb.
Where is the man who can compute the sum
Of days that Time enfolds for good or ill? --
Though Time itself must bide the hour until
I shall reveal the end of time is come.
A cloud of servants wait but to obey;
My prophets have I sent to write my law;
And footprints tell the wise where I have trod.
Yet though the heavens tell my glory aye,
And angels hold my majesty in awe ...
The fool says in his heart, @3There is no God@1.



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