Freedom and Faith went wooing for a soul; And Freedom said: "I love the open ways, Who weds with me shall come and go at will." "Who weds with me," said Faith, "shall wear a yoke; Linked in his consciousness to Cosmic Law, Moving between high confidence and awe, Knowing himself one with all human folk, With all that is, yet shall this thought evoke Temple and citadel from dust and straw; He shall be builder, and shall find no flaw In dreaming dreams, yet measuring his stroke." And the soul answered Freedom, "Freer still Than he who has no path, is he who stays Upon the track that runs from goal to goal." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER THE PAPAGO by JAMES GALVIN UNTITLED, 1968; FOR MARK ROTHKO by JAMES GALVIN |