If thou wert faithless, God himself would fall From the blue topmost pinnacle of heaven, And not one star would light the towers of even But awful gloom would overshadow all. Whom have I but thee on whom I may call? If thou wert faithless, every song would go: Choked back for ever would be fancy's glow: Apollo's wingèd feet would halt and crawl. See how thy faithfulness is God to me. The very sign and token of the Lord Is thy sweet spotless ceaseless purity: My white stone and my message and reward:— If thou wert faithless, better had the sea Above my boyish head wild breakers poured! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BOYS by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES BLIGHTERS by SIEGFRIED SASSOON AN ELEGY ON THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF THOMAS AYLEWORTH, SLAIN AT CROYDON by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) EXTEMPORE TO MR. SYME by ROBERT BURNS VERSES ADDRESSED TO J. HORNE TOOKE ... WESTMINISTER ELECTION by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |