Life and Existence

Out flew the web and floated wide;

 

She left the web, she left the loom,

 

There hath he lain for ages and will lie

 

One God, one law, one element,

 

There lives more faith in honest doubt,

 

God’s finger touched him, and he slept.

 

So many worlds, so much to do,

 

So many worlds, so much to do,

 

That men may rise on stepping-stones

 

That men may rise on stepping-stones

 

More things are wrought by prayer

 

The old order changeth, yielding place to new,

 

The old order changeth, yielding place to new,

 

Authority forgets a dying king.

 

Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.

 

Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.

 

For though from out our bourne of time and place

 

For though from out our bourne of time and place

 

Sunset and evening star,

 

For men may come and men may go,

 

For men may come and men may go,

 

But O for the touch of a vanished hand,

 

The Church’s one foundation

 

Seal with a righteous kiss