GOD made the world with rhythm and rime— The sun's refrain he made the moon; He swung the stars to beat in time And set the universe in tune. He gave the seas their mighty tongue, He gave his winds their lyric wings, And thus the very soul of Song Was woven in the scheme of things. To-day this wonder was revealed Upon a twilight colored plain; I saw it in the town and field, I heard it in the singing rain. The bows and birds repeated it, The streams intoned it as they ran, And then I saw how closely knit Were God and Poetry with man. A rift of sky—a group of trees, A ripple and a swallow's dart, The cadence of a dying breeze, Like sudden music, swept my heart; A laughing child looked up and sprang To greet me at the homeward climb— And all about me surged and sang The world God made with rhythm and rime. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPEAKING TERMS by JAMES GALVIN QUEST by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO MARY CHURCH TERRELL - LECTURER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON BEFORE A PAINTING by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 1. SUNRISE IN THE TROPICS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON A SEA-SHORE GRAVE by SIDNEY LANIER SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: COLUMBUS CHENEY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |