Frances Ellen Watkins Harper - A Grain Of Sand

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper - A Grain Of Sand

Do you see this grain of sand br Lying loosely in my hand? br Do you know to me it brought br Just a simple loving thought? br When one gazes night by night br On the glorious stars of light, br Oh how little seems the span br Measured round the life of man. br br Oh! how fleeting are his years br With their smiles and their tears; br Can it be that God does care br For such atoms as we are? br Then outspake this grain of sand br 'I was fashioned by His hand br In the star lit realms of space br I was made to have a place. br br 'Should the ocean flood the world, br Were its mountains 'gainst me hurled br All the force they could employ br Wouldn't a single grain destroy; br And if I, a thing so light, br Have a place within His sight; br You are linked unto his throne br Cannot live nor die alone. br br In the everlasting arms br Mid life's dangers and alarms br Let calm trust your spirit fill; br Know He's God, and then be still.' br Trustingly I raised my head br Hearing what the atom said; br Knowing man is greater far br Than the brightest sun or star.


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Uploaded: 2014-11-10

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