O GENTLEST kinsman of Humanity! Thy love hath touched all hearts, even as thy Song Hath touched all chords of music that belong To the quavering heaven-strung harp of harmony: Thou hast made man to feel and hear and see Divinely; -- made the weak to be the strong; By thy melodious magic, changed the wrong To changeless right -- and joyed and wept as we. Worlds listen, lulled and solaced at the spell That folds and holds us -- soul and body, too, -- As though thy songs, as loving arms in stress Of sympathy and trust ineffable, Were thrown about us thus by one who knew Of common human need of kindliness. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A MOTHER TO HER WAKING INFANT by JOANNA BAILLIE LITTLE BOY BLUE by EUGENE FIELD VIRTUE [OR, VERTUE] by GEORGE HERBERT THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES LONE DOG by IRENE RUTHERFORD MCLEOD RIDDLE: A STAR by MOTHER GOOSE ON LAYING THE CORNER-STONE OF THE BUNKER HILL MOMUMENT by JOHN PIERPONT ON THE PASSING OF THE LAST FIRE HORSE FROM MANHATTAN ISLAND by KENNETH SLADE ALLING |