TOWARD the last The truth of others was untruth to me; The justice of others injustice to me; Their reasons for death, reasons with me for life; Their reasons for life, reasons with me for death; I would have killed those they saved, And saved those they killed. And I saw how a god, if brought to earth, Must act out what he saw and thought, And could not live in this world of men And act among them side by side Without continual clashes. The dust's for crawling, heaven's for flying -- Wherefore, O soul, whose wings are grown, Soar upward to the sun! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GLORY OF WOMEN by SIEGFRIED SASSOON BENEDICITE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE PASSERS BY by AL-RADI BILLAH OUR WEAKNESS by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS LILIES: 24 by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) SLUMBER FAIRIES by KATHARINE LEE BATES |