Poems (Jordan)/One of All
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ONE OF ALL
We all commence; we cannot take up life
Where others lay it down—where slowed and stopped
Some heart 'mid all the circling, rushing strife,—
But we can lift the work which they have dropped
From 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 achieved
By 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 all
In Life per se, now hid by earthly mists;—
One perfect chain to God doth all the links enthrall.
Where others lay it down—where slowed and stopped
Some heart 'mid all the circling, rushing strife,—
But we can lift the work which they have dropped
From 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 achieved
By 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 all
In Life per se, now hid by earthly mists;—
One perfect chain to God doth all the links enthrall.