Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CREEDLESS MAN, by SAM WALTER FOSS Poet's Biography First Line: A creedless love, that knows no clan Last Line: Such love to god and man be ours. Variant Title(s): The Creedless Love | ||||||||
A creedless love, that knows no clan, No caste, no cult, no church but Man; That deems today and now and here, Are voice and vision of the seer; That through this lifted human clod The inflow of the breath of God Still sheds its apostolic powers, -- Such love, such trust, such faith be ours. We deem man climbs an endless slope Tow'rd farseen tablelands of hope; That he, through filth and shame of sin, Still seeks the God that speaks within; That all the years since time began Work the eternal Rise of Man; And all the days that time shall see Tend tow'rd the Eden yet to be. Too long our music-hungering needs Have heard the iron clash of creeds. The creedless love that knows no clan, No caste, no cult, no church but Man, Shall drown with mellow music all, The dying jangle of their brawl; -- Some love with all its quickening powers, Such love to God and Man be ours. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HOUSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD by SAM WALTER FOSS A LIFE STORY by SAM WALTER FOSS A MODERN MARTYRDOM by SAM WALTER FOSS A PHILOSOPHER by SAM WALTER FOSS A PRAYER OF CYRUS BROWN by SAM WALTER FOSS HE'D HAD NO SHOW by SAM WALTER FOSS HUSBAND AND HEATHEN by SAM WALTER FOSS THE IDEAL HUSBAND TO HIS WIFE by SAM WALTER FOSS THE MEETING OF THE CLABBERHUSES by SAM WALTER FOSS |
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