Exceeding tall, but built so well his height Half-disappears in flow of chest and limb; Moustache and whisker trooper-like in trim; Frank-faced, frank-eyed, frank-hearted; always bright And always punctual -- morning, noon, and night; Bland as a Jesuit, sober as a hymn; Humorous, and yet without a trace of whim; Gentle and amiable, yet full of fight. His piety, though fresh and true in strain, Has not yet whitewashed up his common mood To the dead blank of his particular Schism. Sweet, unaggressive, tolerant, most humane, Wild artists like his kindly elderhood, And cultivate his mild Philistinism. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HIGH PLAINS RAG by JAMES GALVIN TWENTY-FOUR HOKKU ON A MODERN THEME by AMY LOWELL YOUNG BULLFROGS by CARL SANDBURG BUT NOT TO ME by SARA TEASDALE ROBINSON CRUSOE ['S STORY, OR ISLAND] by CHARLES EDWARD CARRYL CLOTHES DO BUT CHEAT AND COZEN US by ROBERT HERRICK THE MARTYR; INDICATIVE OF PASSION OF PEOPLES APRIL 15, 1865 by HERMAN MELVILLE |