A Last Appeal by Frederick W.H. Myers

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A Last Appeal by Frederick W.H. Myers

April 19, 2012 by Dennis Lange

A Last Appeal

O somewhere, somewhere, God unknown,
Exist and be!
I am dying; I am all alone;
I must have Thee!
God! God! my sense, my soul, my all,
Dies in the cry: –
Saw’st thou the faint star flame and fall?
Ah! it was I.

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on April 27, 2012 at 6:19 PM | Reply bardessdmdenton

Very hymn-like, beautiful in its faithful desperateness.
- on April 27, 2012 at 9:27 PM | Reply thebardonthehill
  
  Yes, it’s a bit like the atheist in a foxhole: God, if there is a God….

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