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If starry space no limit knows
And sun succeeds to sun,
There is no reason to suppose
Our earth the only one.
'Mid countless constellations cast
A million worlds may be,
With each a God to bless or blast
And steer to destiny.
Just think! A million gods or so
To guide each vital stream,
With over all to boss the show
A Deity supreme.
Such magnitudes oppress my mind;
From cosmic space it swings;
So ultimately glad to find
Relief in little things.
For look! Within my hollow hand,
While round the earth careens,
I hold a single grain of sand
And wonder what it means.
Ah! If I had the eyes to see,
And brain to understand,
I think Life's mystery might be
Solved in this grain of sand.
Robert William Service
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Donald Dustin
(4/28/2009 5:33:00 PM) |
Carl Sagan must have loved this! ! !
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Keith Homeyard
(3/24/2009 8:18:00 AM) |
I enjoyed the poem but am unsure whose idea it was originally as Kipling also wrote a poem about holding the whole world in a grain of sand. Also various scientists have mentioned the idea.
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Chanelle Dobbs
(3/23/2009 1:41:00 PM) |
Hiya :)
That is a very good poem (Y)
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Cigar Aficionado
(3/23/2009 7:46:00 AM) |
true..Service to a single poignant word...
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Kevin Straw
(3/23/2009 7:46:00 AM) |
'While round the earth careens...' is awkward. But otherwise a good serviceable poem!
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Gina Layog
(3/23/2009 2:28:00 AM) |
The beauty of this poetry,
is in the grain of sand,
he holds in his hand,
the universe coalesce,
into a single singularity,
revealing its mystery
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Bc Kang
(3/23/2007 3:48:00 AM) |
Galaxies or a grain of sand is still full of mystery.
Life is mystery.
Above life there is the Almighty.
bc kang
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