SAY -- if men asked for him -- he has gone home, Home to the hearts of all that love their kind; And they that seek him there, henceforth shall find Their man of men -- in all men's hearts at home. The Mother made him from her common loam, And from her world-wide harvest filled his mind, Poured by all paths, that from all quarters wind, As in the old days all highways poured to Rome. She said: "I make a universal man, Warmed with all laughter, tempered with all tears, Whose word and deed shall have the force of fate. I made not seven in all, since time began, Of men like these. They last a thousand years, They have the power to will, the will to wait." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR REMEMBERING HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU by JAMES GALVIN MATE (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SYMPHONIC STUDIES (AFTER ROBERT SCHUMANN) by EMMA LAZARUS THE BLIND by EDGAR LEE MASTERS READY TO KILL by CARL SANDBURG |