The Blind God
Isaac Rosenberg 1890 (Bristol) – 1918 (Somme)
Streaked with immortal blasphemies,
Betwixt His twin eternities
The Shaper of mortal destinies
Sits in that limbo of dreamless sleep,
Some nothing that hath shadows deep.
The world is only a small pool
In the meadows of Eternity,
And men like fishes lying cool ;
And the wise man and the fool
In its depths like fishes lie.
When an angel drops a rod
And he draws you to the sky
Will you bear to meet your God
You have streaked with blasphemy ?
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 438 |
Words | 84 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 9 |
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