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1879–1931

Heart of God

Vachel Lindsay

O great heart of God, Once vague and lost to me, Why do I throb with your throb to-night, In this land, eternity?

O little heart of God, Sweet intruding stranger, You are laughing in my human breast, A Christ-child in a manger.

Heart, dear heart of God, Beside you now I kneel, Strong heart of faith. O heart not mine, Where God has set His seal.

Wild thundering heart of God Out of my doubt I come, And my foolish feet with prophets’ feet, March with the prophets’ drum.

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