Bush, Alan - Earth in Shadow

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Now at last we have seen her
The earth with her wreath of mists, her garment of waters,
Her hemispheres marked with faint continents,
The earth, most beautiful of all the planets,
The earth. moving and turning in her sun-bound orbit.
A globe, blue and cloudy, hanging in space
So she appears to man from this new watchtower,
And seeing her thus entire,
Can he destroy her?

Many are blind to marvels.
For greed they will plunder, for fear bring down destruction,
Shut out the sun in freezing nuclear night.
A few may pause and turn back from a senseless holocaust.
What once is shattered never can be restored;
The earth once lost, is lost forever.
This they may understand.
From this protect her,
From this guard and protect her.
The earth, cradle of man,
The earth, treading her silent path among the planets.

Now at last we have seen her,
The earth with her wreath of mists, her garment of waters,
The earth, cradle of man,
Most beautiful of all the planets.