LOVER of God and man! To some thou art A great philosopher, a stalwart mind, A jester, and a poet skilled to find Beneath life's motley coat the poor fool's heart; A passionate singer, with quick eye to part Evil from good when they are intertwined As if one strand, and patiently unwind The golden thread into the heavenly mart: Yea, but a leader too, whose word inspired, And doubt-destroying laughter, bade believe Even in the desert; striking, thou didst cleave The rock for water; and didst march, untired, Before us toward the promised country, fired With joys of which nor death nor hell bereave. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DARK FOREST by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS TO DR. MAXWELL by ROBERT BURNS CALYPSO by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR TO EDWARD NOEL LONG, ESQ. by GEORGE GORDON BYRON TRANSMISSION by GLADYS CROMWELL THE THRESHER'S LABOUR, SELS by STEPHEN DUCK A REASON by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON SAND & SPRAY: SEA-SYMPHONY. 3. VARIATIONS: 4. THE WRECK by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER |