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THE CRY OF THE HUMAN.
The Cry of the Human.
"There is no God," the foolish saith,—
But none, "There is no sorrow;"
And nature oft, the cry of faith,
In hitter need will borrow!
Eyes, which the preacher could not school,
By wayside graves are raised;
And lips say, "God he pitiful,"
Who ne'er said, "God he praised."
Be pitiful, O God!
But none, "There is no sorrow;"
And nature oft, the cry of faith,
In hitter need will borrow!
Eyes, which the preacher could not school,
By wayside graves are raised;
And lips say, "God he pitiful,"
Who ne'er said, "God he praised."
Be pitiful, O God!
The tempest stretches from the steep
The shadow of its coming—
The beasts grow tame, and near us creep,
As help were in the human—
Yet, while the cloud-wheels roll and grind,
We spirits tremble under!—
The hills have echoes; hut we find
No answer for the thunder.
Be pitiful, O God!
The shadow of its coming—
The beasts grow tame, and near us creep,
As help were in the human—
Yet, while the cloud-wheels roll and grind,
We spirits tremble under!—
The hills have echoes; hut we find
No answer for the thunder.
Be pitiful, O God!
The battle hurtles on the plains—
Earth feels new scythes upon her:
We reap our brothers for the wains,
And call the harvest . . . honour,—
Draw face to face, front line to line,
One image all inherit,—
Then kill, curse on, by that same sign,
Clay, clay,—and spirit, spirit.
Be pitiful, O God!
Earth feels new scythes upon her:
We reap our brothers for the wains,
And call the harvest . . . honour,—
Draw face to face, front line to line,
One image all inherit,—
Then kill, curse on, by that same sign,
Clay, clay,—and spirit, spirit.
Be pitiful, O God!
The plague runs festering through the town,—
And never a hell is tolling;
And corpses, jostled 'neath the moon,
Nod to the dead-cart's rolling!
The young child calleth for the cup—
The strong man brings it weeping;
And never a hell is tolling;
And corpses, jostled 'neath the moon,
Nod to the dead-cart's rolling!
The young child calleth for the cup—
The strong man brings it weeping;