An Echo from Kipling's Requiem

Bill Grace 1950 (Freeville, NY)



The strivings on a plane unleavened by Thy vision
mock our pretensions to learn from history's lessons.
Fragile flames we flicker against seven sins that claim us
even stars betray us into faulty navigation.
No easy course your Gospel
the reader called to spirit
the world too maimed to hear it
Thy mercy on thy people - Lord !

About this poem

It was delivered to the Unitarian-Universalist Ministerial Fellowship Committee at preliminary consideration for ministerial fellowship in Berkeley, California in 1979.

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Written on October 01, 1978

Submitted by 1wagmustknow on October 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCADEFG
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 327
Words 60
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

Bill Grace

A modest quarter folio staple book of 14 poems named "The Halcyon Poems " for the 14 days of Halcyon during the solstice. Published in 1976. "Snippets of His Glory - While I Wait" published in 1996. Both privately printed and distributed. Extensive contributions to Poemhunter.com on the web. more…

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