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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THOMAS POTTER, by HENRY NEHEMIAH DODGE First Line: Lone watcher for the light, sleep well! Last Line: Where lies this patient seeker after god. Subject(s): Heroism; Heroes; Heroines | |||
Lone watcher for the light, sleep well! The coming years shall tell Thy simple story: How thy purpose never altered, How thy courage never faltered; How, the Spirit's whisper heeding, Thou, obedient to His leading, Didst await the coming glory; How the light Burst upon thy sight! How thou didst rejoice When at last a voice, Sent of God, That heralded the Morning Star, Rising all the world to lighten, Rising man's dark lot to brighten, Love Divine proclaimed as Master. . . . Prophet of light, sleep well! Thy spirit shall not sleep, But, onward marching, keep Our souls aflame, And to thy name Shall love's soft requiem swell Above the sod Where lies this patient seeker after God. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON NOTES FOR AN ELEGY by WILLIAM MEREDITH THE EROTICS OF HISTORY by EAVAN BOLAND A SONG FOR HEROES by EDWIN MARKHAM AFTER THE BROKEN ARM by RON PADGETT PRELUDE; FOR GEOFFREY GORER by EDITH SITWELL EXAMINATION OF THE HERO IN A TIME OF WAR by WALLACE STEVENS MONMOUTH SANDS by HENRY NEHEMIAH DODGE |
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