Nature

This tiny life, with exquisite wings

by Theodore Harding Rand 1835–1900

From Song-Waves (1900)

Nature

This tiny life, with exquisite wings,
Is one with all earth's moving things;
The light that burns in great Arcturus
Is tinct with gold of our wedding rings.

In every fibre, every jot,
The universe is one, I wot
Great God, Thou'rt One, and we Thy offspring
Can see some angles of Thy wide thought.

Thy footprints mark the ageless years,
Thy hand authenticates the spheres;
The voice of Time, the hush eternal,
One anthem sound in Thy listening ears.

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From the sequence Song-Waves (1900)

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Rand, Theodore Harding. “This tiny life, with exquisite wings.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rand_th/128/.

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