"Great and apparent dangers" are the words, None greater, more apparent, than these past; The glory of deliverance be the Lord's, Who gave us strength and made our strength to last. What have we learnt? Much more than knowledge tells That merely probes and calculates and spans; This universe employs its parables To teach us of God's goodness—yes, and Man's. For Man on earth was never an accident; He has that in him which no science weighs— Faith's airy fire that makes him instrument Of purest purpose, how so dark his days. Are there not scales in Heaven? We live not here Unwatched, untended of Almighty power; Be Liberty and Justice of good cheer: This is the lesson of this fought-for hour. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHITE AN' BLUE by WILLIAM BARNES JIM BLUDSO [OF THE PRAIRIE BELLE] by JOHN MILTON HAY SONG OF YOUTH by LULU PIPER AIKEN COMPARES THE TROUBLES WHICH HE HAS UNDERGONE, TO LABOURS OF HERCULES by PHILIP AYRES DEATH AND THE MONK by ARTHUR E. BAKER TO H. M. by FRANCIS BARNARD (20TH CENTURY) SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 12 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE WANDERER: 6. PALINGENSIS: A PSALM OF CONFESSION by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |