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ARIDITY by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY

Poem Explanation

First Line: O SOUL, CANST THOU NOT UNDERSTAND
Last Line: THAT QUIET WAITETH FOR HIS VOICE
Subject(s): RELIGION;


O soul, can'st thou not understand
Thou art not left alone,
As a dog to howl and moan
His master's absence?


Thou art as a book
Left in a room that
He forsook,
But returns to by and by,


A book of His dear choice,-
That quiet waiteth for His Hand,
That quiet waiteth for His Eye,
That quiet waiteth for His Voice.




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