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 | The poetical works of Edward Rowland Sill |  |
Who are we,
Clustered to-day with eyes and hands that clasp
As by some secret oath of brotherhood,
Out of the mass that jostles to and fro
Forever, without aim or hope? We are pledged
To UNDERSTAND, to live the truth we know,
And help men so to live and understand.
A handful 'gainst a host, we make our stand,
Nailing this thesis on the golden gate
Of the new Mammon-temples—that the souls—
The striving, praying, hoping, human souls—
Alone on earth are valuable—their end
To will God's will, because their will belongs
To him, the maker and the giver, so
Dilating to the broader destiny
Whose shadowy gateway opens from our world.
Clustered to-day with eyes and hands that clasp
As by some secret oath of brotherhood,
Out of the mass that jostles to and fro
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To UNDERSTAND, to live the truth we know,
And help men so to live and understand.
A handful 'gainst a host, we make our stand,
Nailing this thesis on the golden gate
Of the new Mammon-temples—that the souls—
The striving, praying, hoping, human souls—
Alone on earth are valuable—their end
To will God's will, because their will belongs
To him, the maker and the giver, so
Dilating to the broader destiny
Whose shadowy gateway opens from our world.
| The poetical works of Edward Rowland Sill | |