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SITTING BY A BUSH IN BROAD DAYLIGHT, by             Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: When I spread out my hand here today
Last Line: The other persists as our faith
Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology


When I spread out my hand here today,
I catch no more than a ray
To feel of between thumb and fingers;
No lasting effect of it lingers.

There was one time and only the one
When dust really took in the sun;
And from that one intake of fire
All creatures still warmly suspire.

And if men have watched a long time
And never seen sun-smitten slime
Again come to life and crawl off,
We not be too ready to scoff.

God once declared he was true
And then took the veil and withdrew,
And remember how final a hush
Then descended of old on the bush.

God once spoke to people by name.
The sun once imparted its flame.
One impulse persists as our breath;
The other persists as our faith.






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