If we would fathom His august decree, And so determine His divine intent— O that the mind of man should strive to see Into that Great, Primæval Element, The Spirit-force where with our lives are blent!— Why should we doubt, and why should we despair, Because we cannot reason all things clear?— | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GOOD-BYE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON QUESTION by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON HEMLOCK AND CEDAR by CARL SANDBURG IN A BREATH; TO THE WILLIAMSON BROTHERS by CARL SANDBURG MOTHER EARTH by GEORGE SANTAYANA THE ITINERANT POET'S ROAD SONG by KAREN SWENSON |