Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOT YE WHO GOAD, by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON Poet's Biography First Line: Not ye who goad, but ye who lead Last Line: In sympathy's own school. Alternate Author Name(s): Leigh, Arbor; Guggenberger, Mrs. Ignatz; Bevington, L. S. Subject(s): Leadership | ||||||||
NOT ye who goad, but ye who lead, My laggard will shall move; I know no right but equity, No road to it but love. Love fits the precept to the need, Exacts of each its best, Expects no lilies of the rose, Howe'er her heart be pressed. The human whole is many-lived, Each life so set alone, That who would win the world to tune Must love them one by one. There is a clear truth knowledge-won, 'Tis fitness makes for life; And equity is fitness felt, Life-warrant of our strife. But ere you light on equity, -- O ye of book and rule! Your hearts must learn the A B C In sympathy's own school. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LEADER by JOHN PEPPER CLARK THE NEED FOR MEN by JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND OF GENERAL GOURAUD by ROBERTA BALFOUR IN MEMORIAM G.D. by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. THE GREAT LEADER by EDWARD CARPENTER A NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE by BLANCHE EDENS CHANDLER EVEN WEEDS by ESTELLA SHIELDS FAHRINGER SONNET SEQUENCE: FOR GRETA by JOSEPH FREEMAN EGOISME A DEUX' by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON |
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