GORDON, the self-refusing, Gordon, the lover of God, Gordon, the good part choosing, Welcome along the road! Thou knowest the man, O Father! To do thy will he ran; Men's praises he did not gather: There is scarce such another man! Thy black sheep's faithful shepherd Who knew not how to flee, Is torn by the desert leopard, And comes wounded home to thee! Home he is coming the faster That the way he could not miss: In thy arms, oh take him, Master, And heal him with a kiss! Then give him a thousand cities To rule till their evils cease, And their wailing minor ditties Die in a psalm of peace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN DISPRAISE OF THE MOON by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE THE LAST SIGNAL by THOMAS HARDY A DEDICATION by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG PICKING SKULLS AT VERDUN by VINCENT GODFREY BURNS LINES ON A PICTURE OF A GIRL IN THE ATTITUDE OF A PRAYER BY THE ARTIST GRUSE by THOMAS CAMPBELL |