Father -- for loftier titles cannot hide The tenderness of thy paternity From eyes that turn with filial gaze to thee, Sons of thy faith across the ocean wide, Led of thy light from paths unsanctified, Thine own begotten, though unseen are we. Thy loss, thy gain, we count our own to be; And now our hearts exulting in the tide Of favors shed upon thee from the hand Whose grace outgrows its giving, fondly glow With more than silent syllables express; O, westward as the sunshine to our land Still let thy love, a light perpetual, flow, Thy children, bowed in reverence, to bless. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INDIAN BURYING GROUND by PHILIP FRENEAU THE REMEDY WORSE THAN THE DISEASE by MATTHEW PRIOR THE DESTINY OF GENIUS by MARIA ABDY TWO OF A KIND by WALTER TALLMADGE ARNDT THE THYROID GLAND by GAMALIEL BRADFORD GYPSY-HEART by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR |