Falls a benediction from the loving skies? Laughs the merry sunshine to thy happy eyes? Floats a peace from starlight, mountain, cloud, and tree? Thou art serving nature, since nature serveth thee. Comes a strength, a beauty, from the wise of yore? Do they guide thy footsteps who have lived before? Out of books upspringeth power of mastery? Thou art serving wisdom, since wisdom serveth thee. Are thy friends and neighbors an abiding cheer? Does affection's glory clothe thy golden year? Praisers, helpers, comrades, everywhere dost see? Thou art serving friendship, since friendship serveth thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE KIND MOON by SARA TEASDALE RED JACKET by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK A TRUE HYMN [HYMNE] by GEORGE HERBERT A BALLAD OF LONDON (TO H.W. MASSINGHAM) by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 27 by OMAR KHAYYAM FIRST OF MAY by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH RAIN ON FALL NIGHTS by MILDRED TELFORD BARNWELL |