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THE PERSONAL GOD
Through youth the poet dreams of God arrayed
In the gold sunset-light
Or the dark robes of night:
God dwells in flowers and stars and leafy shade.
In the gold sunset-light
Or the dark robes of night:
God dwells in flowers and stars and leafy shade.
God dwells amid the rocks
Or 'mid the thunders of the seas is heard
Or in the spring-taught songs of many a bird
Or bleating of the flocks.
Or 'mid the thunders of the seas is heard
Or in the spring-taught songs of many a bird
Or bleating of the flocks.
But then there comes a time when God no more
Is visible in these
Dark waters and dim trees
Nor mixes with the music of the shore.
Is visible in these
Dark waters and dim trees
Nor mixes with the music of the shore.
Before the singer towers,
Person to person, solemn face to face,
The very God who led the Jewish race
And who is leading ours.
Person to person, solemn face to face,
The very God who led the Jewish race
And who is leading ours.
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