Come, let us ponder; it is fit -- Born of the poor, born to the poor -- The poor of purse, the poor of wit Were first to find God's opening door, Were first to climb the ladder, round by round, That fell from Heaven's door unto the ground. God's poor came first, the very first! God's poor were first to see, to hear, To feel the light of heaven burst Full on their faces far or near, His poor were first to follow, first to fall! @3What if at last His poor stand first of all?@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DREAMS by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER AN INDIGNATION DINNER by JAMES DAVID CORROTHERS HIS GRANGE, OR PRIVATE WEALTH by ROBERT HERRICK THE ROPEWALK by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE NOBLEMAN AND THE PENSIONER by GOTTLIEB KONRAD PFEFFEL THE BLUET by W. I. LINCOLN ADAMS |