James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | January 23 | Phillips Brooks | By John Hall Ingham (18601931) |
| FALLEN that mighty form, | |
Silent the voice | |
That through the sin and storm | |
Made men rejoice. | |
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Not alone Friendship stands | 5 |
Mute and forlorn | |
Over all English lands | |
Myriads mourn. | |
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Soldier, as one he fought | |
Loving the strife; | 10 |
Teacher, a truth he taught | |
Radiant with life. | |
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The narrow bounds he burst | |
Of creed and clan, | |
Seeing in sinner first | 15 |
Brother and man; | |
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Kept through maturer might | |
Fervor of youth; | |
Saw through the smoke of rite | |
The Sun of Truth; | 20 |
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Let faded dogmas drop, | |
Sure of the Soul | |
Fearless that Doubt would stop | |
Man from his goal; | |
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Drew from the dust and weeds | 25 |
Lessons of Love | |
Sown in our earthly needs, | |
Garnered above; | |
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Saw in the stars and sea | |
Symbols sublime, | 30 |
Gleams of Eternity, | |
Hopes beyond Time; | |
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Heard heavenly whisperings | |
Whereer he trod, | |
Felt through the frame of things | 35 |
The pulse of God. | |
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O, dying century, test | |
Thy sons and say, | |
My bravest, truest, best, | |
I lose this day! | 40 | | |
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