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Paul Hamilton Hayne (Пол Гамильтон Хейн)


Fate, or God?


BEYOND the record of all eldest things,
Beyond the rule and regions of past time,
From out Antiquity's hoary-headed rime,
Looms the dread phantom of a King of kings:
Round His vast brows the glittering circlet clings
Of a thrice royal crown; behind Him climb,
O'er Atlantean limbs and breast sublime
The sombre splendors of mysterious wings;
Deep calms of measureless power, in awful state,
Gird and uphold Him; a miraculous rod,
To heal or smite, arms His infallible hands:
Known in all ages, worshipped in all lands,
Doubt names this half-embodied mystery--Fate,
While Faith, with lowliest reverence, whispers--God!



Paul Hamilton Hayne's other poems:
  1. A Fuedal Picture
  2. An Idle Poet, Dreaming in the Sun
  3. Too Oft the Poet in Elaborate Verse
  4. Baby’s First Word
  5. A Plea for the Gray


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