Father -- for loftier titles cannot hide The tenderness of thy paternity From eyes that turn with filial gaze to thee, Sons of thy faith across the ocean wide, Led of thy light from paths unsanctified, Thine own begotten, though unseen are we. Thy loss, thy gain, we count our own to be; And now our hearts exulting in the tide Of favors shed upon thee from the hand Whose grace outgrows its giving, fondly glow With more than silent syllables express; O, westward as the sunshine to our land Still let thy love, a light perpetual, flow, Thy children, bowed in reverence, to bless. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ECHO by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE UNDERWOODS: BOOK 1: 22. THE CELESTIAL SURGEON by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON THE GIFT by ALICE EWING BLACKWELL TO THE MEMORY OF A FRIEND WHO DIED ON SABBATH MORNING by ELIZABETH BOGART SOUNDS by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE OLD BEECH TREE by EDWARD R. CAMPBELL SERENE by JACQUES GEORGES CLEMENCEAU LE CLERQ LINES WRITTEN IN COMMONPLACE BOOK OF MISS BARBOUR, DAUGHTER ... by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |