Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN MEMORIAM, REV. HENRY E. WARREN, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER First Line: The kindest man Last Line: The man whose heart was kind. Subject(s): Good Samaritan; Kindness | ||||||||
The kindest man; Some thoughts transcend our studied themes, The pen I hold can ill express The measure of his nobleness, For like an angel in my dreams He comesthe man whose heart was kind. The kindest man; O, friends, if I could only tell The kindly things that marked and showed The soul of him whose radiance glowed And cheered beyond a parallel Save Christ:You'd see the Christ behind! The kindest man; I saw the holy balm of Love Which he, the ministrant, gave all. I heard the words that broke the thrall Of sin, and taught of God above To men:In him, I saw God's mind. The kindest man; Beneath his bounds of fleshly dress A quiet conscience peaceful lay, Unshrinking from the light of day. His hope of Everlastingness Was real, and from on High divined. The kindest man; He smote the rock that stemmed the stream From founts of Love;he held the cup And gave a measure or a sup To those who asked for Life supreme And Hope. No soul he e'er declined. The kindest man; Death is a jewel in the crown Of him whose form returns to dust. Its beauteous gleam reflects the just And holy life. Though dark comes down On us,still shines its light inshrined. The kindest man; O Grave, where is thy sting? O Death, thy victory is naught! He lives forever in our thought. We pluck the blooms of gardening He did, and all of them remind Of him:the kindest man. The man whose heart was kind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR THE SAKE OF STRANGERS by DORIANNE LAUX A CONSIDERABLE SPECK by ROBERT FROST BUT I DO NOT NEED KINDNESS by GREGORY NUNZIO CORSO HER DILEMMA; IN CHURCH by THOMAS HARDY A DROP OF INK by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER |
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