Poems (Jordan)/One of All
ONE OF ALL
We all commence; we cannot take up life Where others lay it down—where slowed and stoppedSome heart 'mid all the circling, rushing strife,— But we can lift the work which they have droppedFrom stiffened hands, and to completion bring The grand design they with their moments weaved,Our threads may join with theirs, and fashioning By the one plan, their thought may be achievedBy our live deeds. God's hand the threads doth reach To each of us, and He all doing fits.—Tis but one Work, and this doth also teach That Life is one, though broken into bits.We all commence, but unity exists;— The All is one, and Each is one of allIn Life per se, now hid by earthly mists;— One perfect chain to God doth all the links enthrall.