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THIS ONLY DO I KNOW by ANONYMOUS

First Line: I DO NOT KNOW HOW WIDE THE SPACES ARE
Last Line: "ATOMS, ELECTRONS--A KALEIDOSCOPE OF WORLDS"
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST;
I do not know how wide the spaces are;
I do not know how far the utmost star;
I do not know what worlds or light may be;
Or life, or how this ordered frame began.
This only do I know: That Christ my soul
Fulfills. My aspirations stand complete
In Him. He is my destiny, my flower.
More easy could I all the worlds deny,
And turn the planets into spirit's dream
Than doubt my soul and Him, and sink ourselves,
Both Christ and me, in some wild swirl of things,
Atoms, electrons--a kaleidoscope of worlds.



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