UNNAMEABLE! For ever, everywhere,
Whose dwelling house is Space, whose servant Time.
Why should we localize thy Spirit's place,
And call it sometimes Heaven, and sometimes Hell?
Forgetting that amongst the thousand Worlds
Poor Mother Earth but takes the seventh rank.
"God made the Stars." Has each a Heaven then,
And each a Hell? Does God repeat the sin
Of killing Innocence to save the souls
Of Men sent here in pristine ignorance?
Oh! coward Hearts, who first conceived the thought
Of letting others suffer for your sake!
Whose dwelling house is Space, whose servant Time.
Why should we localize thy Spirit's place,
And call it sometimes Heaven, and sometimes Hell?
Forgetting that amongst the thousand Worlds
Poor Mother Earth but takes the seventh rank.
"God made the Stars." Has each a Heaven then,
And each a Hell? Does God repeat the sin
Of killing Innocence to save the souls
Of Men sent here in pristine ignorance?
Oh! coward Hearts, who first conceived the thought
Of letting others suffer for your sake!
"Ask, and ye shall have!" Why all this pother?
Does God not give without beseeching then?
Think of a Mother waiting to be asked
To give her milk to little hungry lips!
Is God less generous than a Mother?
Oh! Infinite! Forgive our foolish thoughts of Thee!
Does God not give without beseeching then?
Think of a Mother waiting to be asked
To give her milk to little hungry lips!
Is God less generous than a Mother?
Oh! Infinite! Forgive our foolish thoughts of Thee!
Why should mere Mortals praise Omnipotence,
Like Savages appeasing Devil Gods?
Like Savages appeasing Devil Gods?
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