by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
Know thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac’d on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic’s pride, He hangs between; in...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
Strange fondness of the human heart, Enamoured of its harm! Strange world, that costs it so much smart, And still has power to charm. Whence has the world her magic power? Why deem we Death a foe? Recoil from weary life’s best hour, And covet longer woe? The cause...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
I found Him not in world or sun, Or eagle’s wing, or insect’s eye; Nor through the questions men may try, The pretty cobwebs we have spun…. Love is and was my Lord and King, And in his presence I attend To hear the tidings of my friend, Which every hour his...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
I fled him down the nights and down the days. I fled him down the arches of the years; I fled him down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind; and, in the midst of tears I hid from him, and under running laughter. Up vistaed slopes I sped; And shot precipitated, Adown...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
No not to us, O Lord! The praise or glory be Of any deed or word; For in thy judgement lies To crown or bring to nought All knowledge or device That man has reached or wrought. And we confess our blame – How all too high we hold That noise which men call fame, That...
