@3To God and man be simply true; Do as thou hast been wont to do; Bring out thy treasures, old and new—@1 Mean all the same when said to you. I love thee: thou art calm and strong; Firm in the right, mild to the wrong; Thy heart, in every raging throng, A chamber shut for prayer and song. Defeat thou know'st not, canst not know, Although thy aims so lofty go They need as long to root and grow As infant hills to reach the snow. Press on and prosper, holy friend! I, weak and ignorant, would lend A voice, thee, strong and wise, to send Prospering onward without end. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE AND FEAR by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE THE DEAMON LOVER by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH SONNET TO A FRIEND by BERNARD BARTON IN MEMORIAM: PAUL BRIDSON by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN THE DANCE by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: MADAME LA MARQUISE by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON LINES WRITTEN IN ROUSSEAU'S LETTERS OF AN ITALIAN NUN. by GEORGE GORDON BYRON TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. ON AN ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP by EDWARD CARPENTER |