. The American epic . nds sadness to ten thousand bury him, behold what hundreds comeOf Bostons literati and elite^With eloquent orations, solemn songs,A tender sonnet, poetry Scripture, fervent prayers to God,Springs fairest flowers, her greenest laurel wreaths. Raphael. He had hereditary genius, wit,Gentility, refinement, and good , philosophy, and poetryUnitedly twined honors round his and honest, his mild manners wonRespectful admiration from thousands followed where he led,And, fascinated, copied his brief,
. The American epic . nds sadness to ten thousand bury him, behold what hundreds comeOf Bostons literati and elite^With eloquent orations, solemn songs,A tender sonnet, poetry Scripture, fervent prayers to God,Springs fairest flowers, her greenest laurel wreaths. Raphael. He had hereditary genius, wit,Gentility, refinement, and good , philosophy, and poetryUnitedly twined honors round his and honest, his mild manners wonRespectful admiration from thousands followed where he led,And, fascinated, copied his brief, concise, unfinished epigramsGave them a halting, stumbling, hitchy which t express his nebulous conceits,And throw obscurity round what he 242 THE AMEBIC AN EPIC, His nature, spirit, soul, and over-soul To them meant pantheism undisg^uised^ Or inspiration of the Quaker sort, Or Swedenborgian dreamy mysticism. Leading away from Christ, from God, from heavn Toward ill-defined and va^ue RALPH WALDO EMERSON. Better for him and his wise followersThe iron creed which his forefathers held;But better still the truth of God as taughtBy the Eedeemer of the human is firm footing; here is solid groundOn which the humblest of his children buildThe principles of sound morality REPLY TO AGNOSTICS. 243 And glorious hopes of endless blessedness. O God, in thy great goodness, give the learned These blessings lavished on the ignorant! Scene: Baltimore, Md., 1885. Mdhodisi Centennial Conference. Ra-phael, Ariel, Zephon. Theology. Ariel. What brings these thoughtful, prayerful peopleout? Zephon. They come to celebrate th important dayThat gave this nation its first bishop here,And organized its purest, strongest hundred years have set the seal of GodOn their devotion to his sacred cause. Ariel. What say these men to those misguided onesWho in their hard hearts say: There is no God? Zephon. When pressed by such, they modestly reply: Whence came
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