Rebirth

??If any God should say
??“I will restore
??The world her yesterday
??Whole as before
My Judgment blasted it”— who would not lift
Heart, eye, and hand in passion o’er the gift?

??If any God should will
??To wipe from mind
??The memory of this ill
??Which is mankind
In soul and substance now — who would not bless
Even to tears His loving-tenderness?

??If any God should give
??Us leave to fly
??These present deaths we live,
??And safely............