While others taught a race to thrust and fence And shaped new nations with their measuring-rod, Thou didst lay hold of heaven's omnipotence, O Caesar of the promises of God! While other hands grew large to grasp and hold What slipped, and left them like an empty pod, Thou wert a millionaire of heaven's gold, O Croesus of the promises of God! While others through the maze of see and heard, Conjectures, fancies, all unsteady trod, Thou hadst one lore: that God would keep His word, O Solon of the promises of God! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CRESCENT MOON by AMY LOWELL THE HERETIC: 1. BLASPHEMY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER A TOCCATA OF GALUPPI'S by ROBERT BROWNING A WOMAN'S LOVE by JOHN MILTON HAY NINETY-NINE IN THE SHADE by ROSSITER JOHNSON LADY CLARA VERE DE VERE by ALFRED TENNYSON |