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...THE IMPOSSIBLE INDISPENSIBILITY OF THE ARS POETICA by HAYDEN CARRUTH LET ME NOT HATE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON RETURN (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SOMEBODY LOVED ME by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SURFACES AND MASKS; 12 by CLARENCE MAJOR BOYHOOD FRIENDS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS BEFORE THE FLOWERS OF FRIENDSHIP FADED FADED: 21 by GERTRUDE STEIN |