 | 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition |  |
WHAT IS TRUTH?
What is Truth? the old Procurator cried,
And What is Truth? the generations say,
That caught the question up, and vainly tried
To ease the yoke that pressed their weary way.
And What is Truth? the generations say,
That caught the question up, and vainly tried
To ease the yoke that pressed their weary way.
And some blasphemed, and some preferred to pray,
While others to their lands and conscience lied,
But all at last in darkness went astray,
And silence only What is Truth? replied.
While others to their lands and conscience lied,
But all at last in darkness went astray,
And silence only What is Truth? replied.
Yea, What is Truth? is yet the cry of all,
It is the bitter burden of our youth,
And gives its point to Time's destroying tooth;
It is the bitter burden of our youth,
And gives its point to Time's destroying tooth;
And when the nations into nothing fall,
Still will arise one universal call,
From every dying system “What is truth.”
Still will arise one universal call,
From every dying system “What is truth.”
| 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition | |