Nature
This tiny life, with exquisite wings
From Song-Waves (1900)
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.
Codex Note
From the sequence Song-Waves (1900)
Cite this poem
MLA
Rand, Theodore Harding. “This tiny life, with exquisite wings.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rand_th/128/.
Chicago
Rand, Theodore Harding. “This tiny life, with exquisite wings.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rand_th/128/.
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