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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FATHER, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER
First Line: Happy the man who bears that holy name
Last Line: He but reflects;—his life a genesis.
Subject(s): Fathers
First Line: Happy the man who bears that holy name
Last Line: He but reflects;—his life a genesis.
Subject(s): Fathers
Happy the man who bears that holy name,
Nor lives for self; who treasures children's love
Beyond all else; whose glory 'tis to claim
That sacred trust, the gift of God above;
Whose toiling hours are gladdened by the kiss
Of baby lips when days begin and close,
Who learns in truth that man's paternal bliss
Is youth renewed through that which youth bestows.
His life brings joy, though children presage care,
And worried brow oft marks him amongst men,
Though sorrows come and Time steals from its lair
And drags his loved ones to its worldly den;
His greatest joy,—sublime when understood,
Is giving life, sustaining it, and this
Conformable to God, whose Fatherhood
He but reflects;—his life a genesis.
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