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| Joseph Mary Plunkett | |||||||||||
| The Splendour of God | |||||||||||
| The drunken stars stagger across the sky The moon wavers and sways like a wind-blown bud, Beneath my feet the earth like drifting scud Lapses and slides, wallows and shoots on high; Immovable things start suddenly flying by, The city shakes and quavers, a city of mud And ooze - a brawling cataract is my blood Of molten metal and fire - like God am I. When God crushes His passion-fruit for our thirst And the universe totters - I have burst the grape Of the world, and let its powerful blood escape Untasted - crying whether my vision durst See God's high glory in a girl's soft shape - God! Is my worship blessed or accurst? |
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