O GENTLEST kinsman of Humanity! Thy love hath touched all hearts, even as thy Song Hath touched all chords of music that belong To the quavering heaven-strung harp of harmony: Thou hast made man to feel and hear and see Divinely; -- made the weak to be the strong; By thy melodious magic, changed the wrong To changeless right -- and joyed and wept as we. Worlds listen, lulled and solaced at the spell That folds and holds us -- soul and body, too, -- As though thy songs, as loving arms in stress Of sympathy and trust ineffable, Were thrown about us thus by one who knew Of common human need of kindliness. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HIDE AND SEEK by SARA TEASDALE FOR LAUREL AND HARDY ON MY WORKROOM WALL by DAVID WAGONER PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR by JAMES DAVID CORROTHERS A MATCH by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE THE POWER OF WOMEN by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS TO THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION by VALERY YAKOVLEVICH BRYUSOV OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY: 20. ELEGIAC VRSE: THE THIRD EPIGRAM by THOMAS CAMPION |