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Far
Horizons
by
Bliss Carman
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LORD
OF THE FAR HORIZONS
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LORD
of the far horizons,
Give us the eyes to see
Over the verge of sundown
The beauty that is to be.
Give us the skill to fashion
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The
task of thy command,
Eager to follow the pattern
We may not understand.
Masters of ancient wisdom
And the lore lost long ago,
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Inspire
our foolish reason
With faith to seek and know.
When the skein of truth is tangled
And the lead of sense is blind,
Foster the fire to lighten
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unillumined mind.
Lord of the lilac ranges
That lift on the flawless blue,
Grant us the heart of rapture
The earlier ages knew—
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The
spirit glad and ungrudging,
And light as the mountain air,
To walk with the Sons of Morning
Through the glory of Earth the fair.
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