Religion

The Blind God

by Isaac Rosenberg 1890–1918

From Poems (1922)

ReligionThe Mind

Streaked with immortal blasphemies,
Betwixt His twin eternities
The Shaper of mortal destinies
Sits in that limbo of dreamless sleep,
Some nothing that hath shadows deep.

The world is only a small pool
In the meadows of Eternity,
And men like fishes lying cool;
And the wise man and the fool
In its depths like fishes lie.
When an angel drops a rod
And he draws you to the sky
Will you bear to meet your God
You have streaked with blasphemy?

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The Shaper of mortal destinies sits 'streaked with immortal blasphemies' in limbo, and the poem asks man whether he will bear to meet the God he has blasphemed.

MLA

Rosenberg, Isaac. “The Blind God.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rosenberg/31/.

Chicago

Rosenberg, Isaac. “The Blind God.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rosenberg/31/.

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