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...MOTHER (MARGERY CARRUTH, 1896-1981) by HAYDEN CARRUTH TO KNOW IN REVERIE THE ONLY PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE ABSOLUTE by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE IMPORTANCE OF GREEN by JAMES GALVIN TO HORACE BUMSTEAD by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |