O Thou who first didst use a sign To keep Thy children from despair— The pillared cloud, the fire divine, The rainbow pledge of future care— Imperfectly we know Thy thought, Yet dare recall Thy ways of yore, Behold, O Lord, what Thou hast wrought, And bless the radio, we implore. The speeding message far transcends The bounds and limits man assigns; We use Thy lightning for our ends, Afar, we follow Thy designs. Thy laws fulfilled, we work our will With clever touch of sentient keys, And unseen wavelets bear the thrill To distant shores of ether seas. O may the wave lengths of our souls Be tuned and measured to Thine own, And keyed to pitch no foe controls, Preserve our contact with Thy throne. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IVY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ANSWER TO PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON A FLORIDA GHOST by SIDNEY LANIER A LITTLE GIRL'S PRAYER by KATHERINE MANSFIELD SPRING WIND IN LONDON by KATHERINE MANSFIELD SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: REV. LEMUEL WILEY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |