While others taught a race to thrust and fence And shaped new nations with their measuring-rod, Thou didst lay hold of heaven's omnipotence, O Caesar of the promises of God! While other hands grew large to grasp and hold What slipped, and left them like an empty pod, Thou wert a millionaire of heaven's gold, O Croesus of the promises of God! While others through the maze of see and heard, Conjectures, fancies, all unsteady trod, Thou hadst one lore: that God would keep His word, O Solon of the promises of God! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FAT LADY by HAYDEN CARRUTH LET ME NOT HATE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SUNSET by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE GUARDIAN OF THE RED DISK (SPOKEN BY A CITIZEN OF MALTA - 1300) by EMMA LAZARUS |