Poems . , ,/. j: r-rtf A gray, old man, the third and last,Sang in cathedrals dim and vast,While the majestic organ rolledContrition from its mouths of gold. And those who heard the Singers threeDisputed which the best might he;For still their music seemed to startDiscordant echoes in each heart. 174 BY THE But the great Master said, I see No best in kind, but in degree; I gave a various gift to each, To charm, to strengthen, and to teach. These are the three great chords of might,And he whose ear is tuned arightWill hear no discord in the three,But the most perfect harmony. S US PI
Poems . , ,/. j: r-rtf A gray, old man, the third and last,Sang in cathedrals dim and vast,While the majestic organ rolledContrition from its mouths of gold. And those who heard the Singers threeDisputed which the best might he;For still their music seemed to startDiscordant echoes in each heart. 174 BY THE But the great Master said, I see No best in kind, but in degree; I gave a various gift to each, To charm, to strengthen, and to teach. These are the three great chords of might,And he whose ear is tuned arightWill hear no discord in the three,But the most perfect harmony. S US PIMA. Take them, 0 Death! and bear awayWhatever thou canst call thine own ! Thine image, stamped upon this clay,Doth give thee that, but that alone! Take them, O Grave ! and let them lieFolded upon thy narrow shelves, As garments by the soul laid by, And precious only to ourselves ! Take them, O great Eternity ! Our little life is but a gust,That bends the branches of thy tree, And trails its blossoms in the dust! HYMX. FOR MY BROTHER S ORDINATIOX. Christ to the young man said : Yet one thing more If thou wouldst perfect be,Sell all thou hast and give it to the poor, And come and follow me ! Within this temple Christ again, unseen,Those sacred words hath said, 176 BY THE FIRESIDE. And His invisible hands to-day
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