God and the Universe by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Sorry about the hiatus of the PotD. I was out of town and having too much fun to hunt for poems. Hopefully this weekend I will bolster my file and resume the daily posts. Anyway, I’m reading Jane_E, Friendless Orphan: A Memoir by Erin McCole-Cupp (and loving it!). Tennyson was mentioned and I realized I hadn’t posted anything by him in a while, so I found one.
God and the Universe
By Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1
Will my tiny spark of being wholly vanish in your deeps and heights?
Must my day be dark by reason, O ye Heavens, of your boundless nights,
Rush of Suns and roll of systems, and your fiery clash of meteorites?
2
‘Spirit, nearing yon dark portal at the limit of thy human state,
Fear not thou the hidden purpose of that Power which alone is great,
Nor the myriad world, His shadow, nor the silent Opener of the Gate.’
