"God's Drum"

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God's Drum

 

By Hartley Burr Alexander

(from "Gospel of the Redman"==Ernest Thomas Seton)

 

The circle of the Earth is the head of a great drum;

With the day, it moves upward - booming;

With the night, it moves downward - booming;

The day and night are it's song.

 

I am very small, as I dance upon the drum-head;

I am like a particle of dust, as I dance upon the drum-head;

Above me in the sky is the shining ball of the drum stick.

 

I dance upward with the day;

I dance downward with the night;

Some day I shall dance afar into space like a particle of dust.

 

Who is the Drummer who beats upon the earth-drum?

Who is the Drummer who makes me to dance his song?

 

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