GORDON, the self-refusing, Gordon, the lover of God, Gordon, the good part choosing, Welcome along the road! Thou knowest the man, O Father! To do thy will he ran; Men's praises he did not gather: There is scarce such another man! Thy black sheep's faithful shepherd Who knew not how to flee, Is torn by the desert leopard, And comes wounded home to thee! Home he is coming the faster That the way he could not miss: In thy arms, oh take him, Master, And heal him with a kiss! Then give him a thousand cities To rule till their evils cease, And their wailing minor ditties Die in a psalm of peace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MESSAGES by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON THOSE VARIOUS SCALPELS by MARIANNE MOORE TO THE GARDEN THE WORLD by WALT WHITMAN THE FLATTERERS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE IRISH MOTHER IN THE PENAL DAYS by JOHN BANIM THE ALBION QUEENS, ACT 1: THE WONDER by JOHN BANKS (17TH CENTURY-) |