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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOD IS EVERYWHERE, by ROBERT NICOLL Poet's Biography First Line: A trodden daisy, from the sward Last Line: Was everywhere! Subject(s): God; Theology | |||
A TRODDEN daisy, from the sward, With tearful eye I took, And on its ruined glories I, With moving heart, did look; For, crushed and broken though it was, That little flower was fair; And oh! I loved the dying bud, For God was there! I stood upon the sea-beat shore, The waves came rushing on; The tempest raged in giant wrath, The light of day was gone. The sailor from his drowning bark Sent up his dying prayer; I looked amid the ruthless storm, And God was there! I sought a lonely, woody dell, Where all things soft and sweet, Birds, flowers, and trees, and running streams, Mid bright sunshine did meet: I stood beneath an old oak's shade, And summer round was fair; I gazed upon the peaceful scene, And god was there! I saw a home -- a happy home -- Upon a bridal day, And youthful hearts were blithesome there, And aged hearts were gay: I sat amid the smiling band Where all so blissful were -- Among the bridal maidens sweet -- And God was there! I stood beside an infant's couch, When light had left its eye -- I saw the mother's bitter tears, I heard her woful cry -- I saw her kiss its fair pale face, And smooth its yellow hair; And oh, I loved the mourner's home, For god was there! I sought a cheerless wilderness -- A desert, pathless wild -- Where verdure grew not by the streams, Where beauty never smiled; Where desolation brooded o'er A muirland lone and bare, And awe upon my spirit crept, For god was there! I looked upon the lowly flower, And on each blade of grass; Upon the forests, wide and deep, I saw the tempests pass: I gazed on all created things In earth, in sea, and air; Then bent the knee -- for god, in love, Was everywhere! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY BONNIE BESSIE LEE by ROBERT NICOLL |
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