Poems (Hoffman)/There Is a God
THERE IS A GOD
The fool hath said, "There is no God" But Wisdom, hour by hour,Proclaimeth over land and seaIn sweet unbroken harmony His glory, love and power.
Who formed the earth, who built the sky, Who planned the circling year?Seed time and harvest roll aroundWe listen—but no jarring sound In Time's great wheels we hear.
Day unto day, night unto night, For toil and rest designed;Surely some living mind hath thoughtWho spake a universe from naught Had more than mortal mind.
Some sculptor hand hath formed the earth, Some architectHath reared the heavens to their height,Some artist with his colors bright All nature decked.
Who wrought the delicate design Of leaf and bud?Who to the bird his music taught,If as the blinded fool hath thought There is no God?
Who shall avenge the innocent Whose speaking bloodCries from the ground wronged Nature's curseIf in the boundless universe There is no God?
And who fulfill those hopes that pant Through fire and flood?What solace can they give insteadWho with the blinded fool have said: "There is no God?"
"There is no God," the fool hath said, On earth's green sod;But Wisdom speaks from earth to skyAnd sings from world to world on high There is a God.