Edwin E. Vineyard, Man And His Soul</head><body><center><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.com/p1.gif border=0 alt=Saviodsilva></center><hr color=3C00FF size=4><br><font size=4 face=arial><b><a href=7.htm>Edwin E. Vineyard</a></b></font><br><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.net/poem/a/1.JPG border=0 alt=Poem></center><br><font size=3 face=arial><b>Man And His Soul</a></b></font></center><blockquote><blockquote><p align=left><font face=arial size=2><b>Is man truly just a thing of naught?<br>A shadow destined simply to fade away?<br>A passing apparition which cannot be caught?<br>A roaming itinerant who can never stay?<br>Is man's life in the course of time just a dot?<br>And for history merely a transient prey?<br>And what can be said of man's soul?<br>Is it an imponderable or is it real?<br>Is it truly essential to make man whole?<br>Does man's soul now lie under sacred seal?<br>Is its name kept secret on Heaven's scroll,<br>Finally and only for eternity to reveal?<br>Under what conditions was man's soul wrought?<br>Is it innate, inherent, or perhaps incarnate?<br>Something by principalities and powers sought?<br>Is it indeed an ethereal only God can create,<br>But only in the currency of blood is bought,<br>And never a thing of weight left in probate?<br>(Dr. Vineyard is president-emeritus of Northern OklahomaCollege and now lives in Ponca City, Oklahoma)</b></font></p></blockquote></blockquote><hr color=0000ca size=3><center><font size=2 face=arial><b><a href=http://www.isavo.net/poem/sk5.htm>This Poem's Index Page 1</a><br><a href=http://www.yensa.net/poem/sk5.htm>This Poem's Index 2</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com/poems.htm>Poetry Website</a><br><a href=http://www.saviodsilva.com>Saviodsilva</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com>Isavo Site</a></b></font></center><SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript SRC=http://www.saviodsilva.org/r/fantasy.js></SCRIPT></body></html>