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EXCLUSIONS by CALE YOUNG RICE

First Line: ACROSS MY THOUGHTS THE OLD WASH OF THE SEA
Last Line: (I THINK THERE ARE YET THINGS TO BE SAID OF GOD.)
Subject(s): BEAUTY; BELLS; EVENING; GOD; THOUGHT; SUNSET; TWILIGHT; THINKING;

Across my thoughts the old wash of the sea,
And the evening star breaks out in golden speech.
(The little poets say do not write of the moon and stars.)
A church bell deepens the twilight's mystery
Like a voice of centuries that have no history
But are only a dream and memory of God.
(The little poets say do not write of God.)

Beyond the gray breakwater the mountains tower.
(What is so strong as beauty, so new as a new-born star?)
The gray bell hushes, but not the voice of the Universe.
(I think there are yet things to be said of God.)



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