I MEN the Angels eyed; And here they were wild waves, And there as marsh descried; Men the Angels eyed, And liked the picture best Where they were greenly dressed In brotherhood of graves. II Man the Angels marked: He led a host through murk, On fearful seas embarked; Man the Angels marked; To think without a nay, That he was good as they, And help him at his work. III Man and Angels, ye A sluggish fen shall drain, Shall quell a warring sea. Man and Angels, ye, Whom stain of strife befouls, A light to kindle souls Bear radiant in the stain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPISTLE TO JAMES SMITH by ROBERT BURNS TO NATURE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE GHOST-BEREFT; A SCENE FROM BOGLAND IN WAR-TIME by JANE BARLOW THE QUAKER POET; VERSES ON SEEING MYSELF SO DESIGNATED by BERNARD BARTON THE GOOD SAMARITAN by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD FOURTH BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 10 by THOMAS CAMPION |