'Earth, if aught should check thy race, <br />Rushing through unfended space, <br />Headlong, stayless, thou wilt fall <br />Into yonder glowing ball!' <br /> <br />'Beggar of the universe, <br />Faithless as an empty purse! <br />Sent abroad to cool and tame, <br />Think'st I fear my native flame?' <br /> <br />'If thou never on thy track <br />Turn thee round and hie thee back, <br />Thou wilt wander evermore, <br />Outcast, cold-a comet hoar!' <br /> <br />'While I sweep my ring along <br />In an air of joyous song, <br />Thou art drifting, heart awry, <br />From the sun of liberty!'<br /><br />George MacDonald<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/faith-158/
