THOUGHT of the Infinite--the All! <br /> Be thou my God. <br /> <br /> <br /> Lover Divine, and Perfect Comrade! <br /> Waiting, content, invisible yet, but certain, <br /> Be thou my God. <br /> <br /> <br /> Thou--thou, the Ideal Man! <br /> Fair, able, beautiful, content, and loving, <br /> Complete in Body, and dilate in Spirit, <br /> Be thou my God. <br /> <br /> <br /> O Death--(for Life has served its turn;) 10 <br /> Opener and usher to the heavenly mansion! <br /> Be thou my God. <br /> <br /> <br /> Aught, aught, of mightiest, best, I see, conceive, or know, <br /> (To break the stagnant tie--thee, thee to free, O Soul,) <br /> Be thou my God. <br /> <br /> <br /> Or thee, Old Cause, when'er advancing; <br /> All great Ideas, the races' aspirations, <br /> All that exalts, releases thee, my Soul! <br /> All heroisms, deeds of rapt enthusiasts, <br /> Be ye my Gods! 20 <br /> <br /> <br /> Or Time and Space! <br /> Or shape of Earth, divine and wondrous! <br /> Or shape in I myself--or some fair shape, I, viewing, worship, <br /> Or lustrous orb of Sun, or star by night: <br /> Be ye my Gods.<br /><br />Walt Whitman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/god/
