George SterlingAnd fragile is thy tenure of this world Still haunted by the monstrous ghost of God.("To Science")
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When we lose sight of God, we lose sight of ourselves as well as the beauty and wonder of the world around us.
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- And starward drifts the stricken world, Lone in unalterable gloom Dead, with a universe for tomb, Dark, and to vaster darkness whirled.(“ The Testimony of the Suns”)
- The candle glimmers but an hour. The night Looms in its ancient hunger. Would you know The tragedy of human love and need? Gaze on the stars, then on a brother's face!
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