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Edward Thring.
HEADMASTER OF UPPINGHAM.
1853–1887.
Lord of the Lion-heart, with soul of thought,
In no vain mould of mere expedient cast,
He dared to stand against the public blast
Of opposition, for the truths he taught.
In fire from pagan page and Scripture caught
He forged the present to a helpful past;
Whate'er of life he learned, he held it fast,
And wove it into beauty as he wrought.
In no vain mould of mere expedient cast,
He dared to stand against the public blast
Of opposition, for the truths he taught.
In fire from pagan page and Scripture caught
He forged the present to a helpful past;
Whate'er of life he learned, he held it fast,
And wove it into beauty as he wrought.
Preacher and poet, with the prophet eyes
To see in boys the men our time should need,
He found, for dullest clay, some grace God-given,
On quickened furrows flung his living seed,
Set Learning in her fair fit Paradise,
And showed how Love, not Knowledge led to Heaven.
To see in boys the men our time should need,
He found, for dullest clay, some grace God-given,
On quickened furrows flung his living seed,
Set Learning in her fair fit Paradise,
And showed how Love, not Knowledge led to Heaven.
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