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A Dream of Life in Other Worlds, With God in Everything, and Miscellaneous Poems
A Dream of Life in Other Worlds With God in Everything and Miscellaneous Poems Author:James Shields General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1901 Original Publisher: Banner of Light Pub. Co. Subjects: History / General Poetry / General Poetry / American / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the Genera... more »l Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: A DREAM OF LIFE IN OTHER WORLDS, WITH GOD IN EVERYTHING. By Oscar W. Streeter, " The Homeless Boy." Minds that act in their proper sphere May fill their measure of glory here, While those who mount the doubtful tide May sink or wreck on the other side; For thought grows weary, as fades the spark, And homeward blunders, for all is dark. Still oft the smallest of boats, you see, Will venture out on a shoreless sea, And fearless captains, with crew and mate, Will try the waves and challenge fate. So feeble thoughts come limping along To fill the measure of stupid song; But hither we rise or thither we fall, Thoughts of our being concern us all. And first in visions that seemed divine, Came thought, with startling records of time, Through realms of beauty where knowledge is bliss, And world after world is turning with this. And lo! as I slept, and the mind was free, A relic of ages revealed to me That God is in Nature, and every part, However small, has a vital spark. Through boundless space, and space minute, From giant oaks to flowers that shoot, From brooks that sing and kiss the tide, And frowning hills on the other side, From mountains of sea that rise and fall, And tow'ring peaks above them all, There's nothing in heaven or earth below But has new germs of life to sow. Even the dust that our feet have tread Has life and power to raise the dead ; And how can this eternal power Destroy itself who brings the hour? Fo...« less