BECAUSE they thought his doctrines were not just, Mankind assumed for him the chastening rod, And tyrants reared in pride, and strong in lust, Wounded the noblest of the sons of God; The heart's most cherished benefactions riven, Basely they strove to humble and malign A soul whose charities were wide as heaven, Whose @3deeds@1, if not his @3doctrines@1, were divine; And in the name of Him, whose sunshine warms The evil as the righteous, deemed it good To wreak their bigotry's relentless storms On one whose nature was not understood. Ah, well! God's ways are wondrous; it may be @3His@1 seal hath not been set to man's decree. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...L'ENVOI: THE RETURN OF THE SIRE DE NESLE, A.D. 16 - by HERMAN MELVILLE TO A YOUNG MAN ON THE PLATFORM OF A SUBWAY EXPRESS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS WE'LL GO NO MORE THE WOODLAND WAY by THEODORE FAULLAIN DE BANVILLE THE GLOW-WORM by VINCENT BOURNE SCOTTY'S WILD STUFF STEW by FRANCIS HUMPHRIS BROWN |