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\begin{verse}
Says the Agnostic: “It may be so\forcelinebreak
Across the sky God sets his bow\forcelinebreak
Of promise, and each day and night\forcelinebreak
Gems the Universe with light.

But yet the angel of the darker gloom\forcelinebreak
Has cast the shadow of a deeper doom\forcelinebreak
Athwart the human heart and brain,\forcelinebreak
Whose name is Death, pale priest of pain.

Into this world, like a far flung lance,\forcelinebreak
Man is thrust by love, or lust perchance;\forcelinebreak
Opens his feeble eyes and utters a cry,\forcelinebreak
Nor knows that his end here is to die!

Within its prison of flesh and bone\forcelinebreak
The soul dwells apart and alone;\forcelinebreak
Flutters for a brief span ’twixt pleasure and pain,\forcelinebreak
And, like the snuffed candle, goes out again.

And whence he comes and whither he goes,\forcelinebreak
Nobody answers—for nobody knows.\forcelinebreak
Like a breath for a moment he blows in suspense,\forcelinebreak
And is gone and forgotten in the shadowy hence.

And the scent of the flower of the sweet-smelling rose\forcelinebreak
That pleases our senses when the summer wind blows,\forcelinebreak
Is less transient and fleeting than the thing we call life,\forcelinebreak
That is born out of darkness and survives but by strife.
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The Anarchist Library



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Ross Winn

The Agnostic



1905


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http:\Slash{}\Slash{}en.wikisource.org\Slash{}wiki\Slash{}The\_Agnostic
   
Originally appearing in \emph{To-Day}, September 1905.
   



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