The everlasting Wisdom has ordained That this rare Soul, His earthly service done Shall leave the peoples over whom he reigned For other service at a higher Throne, Where Life's rewarders sing at Triumph won In nobleness attempted and attained Through years more terrible than any known. What is a Nation's love? No little thing: A vast dumb tenderness beyond all price; Surely a power of prayer upon a wing; The living anguish of a hope to heal Offered by all hearts here in sacrifice To spirits bowed in sorrow for the King That it may touch, to comfort or anneal. May this devotion help them in their grief. May the devotion kindle to resolve To make this stricken country green with leaf Glad with another hope to be again A Sun about which singing orbs revolve A Kingdom grown so worthy of her Chief That millions yet unborn shall bless her reign. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WRITTEN IN ZIMMERMAN'S SOLITUDE by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS SONNET: ONE NEW YEAR'S EVE by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON A FAVOURITE SCENE; RECALLED ON LOOKING AT BIRKET FOSTER'S LANDSCAPE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE YOUNG RABBI by E. C. L. BROWNE TO ANNE (1) by GEORGE GORDON BYRON FOUR SONGS BY WAY OF CHORUS TO A PLAY: 4. INCOMMUNICABILITY OF LOVE by THOMAS CAREW |