Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WILL! THE WILL!, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: Around the world the chorus rings Last Line: Our master, jesus christ! Subject(s): Jesus Christ | ||||||||
Around the world the chorus rings, And hands are joined with hands; A Brotherhood of Service sings In all the happy lands; And blithe they sound the watchword still That ever has sufficed: "The will! the will! the blessed will! The will of Jesus Christ!" In crowded town or lonely plain, 'Mid many friends or few, With man's applause or man's disdain, To one allegiance true, That sole desire their hearts could fill Though all the earth enticed: The will! the will! the precious will! The will of Jesus Christ!" When proud Ambition gilds her goal, When Ease to slumber calls, When silken Mammon lures the soul To rainbow-tinted halls, The Brotherhood of Service still Exalts the Pearl unpriced: The will! the will! the holy will! The will of Jesus Christ! And when at last the golden years Have brought the crowning day, When toil and trial, pain and fears, Forever pass away, Upon the summit of the hill Is One that keepeth tryst: 'Tis He, the Will! the living Will! Our Master, Jesus Christ! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GREEN CHRIST by ANDREW HUDGINS MEDITATION ON SAVIORS by ROBINSON JEFFERS COMPANIONSHIP by MALTBIE DAVENPORT BABCOCK TO A WREN ON CALVARY by LARRY LEVIS THE TRANSFIGURATION by EDWIN MUIR SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 1. BEAST, PEACH.. by MARVIN BELL A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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