 | 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition |  |
ANOTHER IDOL BROKEN.
But yet another idol did I raise,
And lifted it above the world on high,
I fed it with the pleasant food of praise,
And swore a solemn oath it should not die;
And lifted it above the world on high,
I fed it with the pleasant food of praise,
And swore a solemn oath it should not die;
I clipped its wings that it should never fly,
Around it flashed a stream of starry rays,
While on it fell the dew of heavenly days,
And all the earth was mingled with the sky.
Around it flashed a stream of starry rays,
While on it fell the dew of heavenly days,
And all the earth was mingled with the sky.
Behind it rolled the thunder, and the flame
Of flying lightning as its herald went,
And as it gathered grace men called it fame;
Of flying lightning as its herald went,
And as it gathered grace men called it fame;
But when its name was noised abroad, and bent
The hearts of peoples to its own intent,
Lo, from a little stroke destruction came.
The hearts of peoples to its own intent,
Lo, from a little stroke destruction came.
| 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition | |