Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SUPREMER SACRIFICE, by FRANK WILMOT


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THE SUPREMER SACRIFICE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Close now the door; shut down the light
Last Line: When next I see the sun.
Alternate Author Name(s): Maurice, Furnley
Subject(s): Conscientious Objectors; Insanity; Madness; Mental Illness


CLOSE now the door; shut down the light:
Yet can these walls my wrath provoke,
While on the altar of my Right
My brain burns into smoke?

Close now the door, and lock the chain,
Men have me judged, and I am glad:
I shall not cry out in my pain,
I will go slowly mad.

Some drink the dregs of duty's cup,
Some die, or dare their marvels through,
But I will give my reason up
For things that I hold true.

The known is merged in the unknown,
The serpent nestles to the dove,
And I lay all God's beauty down
For the great God I love.

The fragrant branches wet with rain,
The babes and bushes by the door,
The dreams that wrack my mortal brain
Shall trouble me no more.

But I will sit, with a mild stare,
And count the rain-drips one by one;
I shall not know the sun is there
When next I see the sun.





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