The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.
(Govinda Krishna Chettur)
More Poetry from Govinda Krishna Chettur:
Govinda Krishna Chettur Poems based on Topics: God, World, Greatness, Morning, Business & Commerce, Nature, Generation- The Windhover (Govinda Krishna Chettur Poems)
- No Worst, There Is None (Govinda Krishna Chettur Poems)
- Beloved (Govinda Krishna Chettur Poems)
- The Temple Tank (Govinda Krishna Chettur Poems)
- As Kingfishers Catch Fire (Govinda Krishna Chettur Poems)
- Inversnaid (Govinda Krishna Chettur Poems)