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No speck of matter around us here
Is lost as the ages roll-
Can the breath of God, who rules this sphere,
Once breathed into man, now disappear?
Can death destroy the soul?
Ml f-couscious, but viewless as the wind
That churns the ocean foam,
TI'he soul that is neither flesh nor mind-
With its subtle essence undefined,
Keeps guard in its prison home.
And there like a watchful sentinel
Its vigil in silence keeps;
But in whispered dreams will sometimes tell,
Of a. far ofT home where it longs to dwell,-
For the spirit never sleeps.
Tllhe soul has never been seen nor heard,
But lives to warn and to teach :
Tle fountain of' tears by its touch is stirred-
It quickens conscience without a word,
\Vhere silence is more than speech.
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The Soul, poem, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1091593/m1/3/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.