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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROBERTSON OF BRIGHTON, by ALEXANDER LOUIS FRASER First Line: Soldier and priest in one, thou couldst not brook Last Line: But lives like thine can claim their own domain. Subject(s): Robertson, Frederick William (1816-1853) | |||
Soldier and Priest in one, thou couldst not brook Aught that was false,—Truth's champion wast thou; And like some knight of old did'st take thy vow Her cause to vindicate: the holy look, The faultless form, mere bondage to a book Thou couldst not bide. We, thinking of thee now, Against the background of the years, see how That work of thine of prophet-cast partook. On sea or land, in mine or mart, men read What's writ in language of the human heart; From Doubt's dim maze thou wandering feet dost lead, And on life's upward way afresh they start— We knew thee not: thy days were full of pain, But lives like thine can claim their own domain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A GLOAMING CALL by ALEXANDER LOUIS FRASER A MANTEL CLOCK by ALEXANDER LOUIS FRASER A NEW YEAR THOUGHT by ALEXANDER LOUIS FRASER ABSENCE by ALEXANDER LOUIS FRASER AN AUTUMN EVENING by ALEXANDER LOUIS FRASER AN ECHO by ALEXANDER LOUIS FRASER ANNIVERSARIES by ALEXANDER LOUIS FRASER APPRECIATION by ALEXANDER LOUIS FRASER AT GOLDSMITH'S GRAVE by ALEXANDER LOUIS FRASER AT NIAGARA FALLS by ALEXANDER LOUIS FRASER |
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