To the Rev. John Saunders on his Departure for England

Charles Harpur 1813 (Windsor) – 1868 (Australia)



If a large love of the whole human race,
       With charity that hopeth a meet cure
For life’s worst evils, indicates the grace
       Of goodness, thine is such as will endure.
       And if pure prayers to stablish what is pure
Waste not away in the dim voids of space,
But, Godward rising, pierce heaven’s starry face,
       Thine have been heard and thy reward is sure.
Farewell! This people might be well content
       To part with much beside, if so it might
Keep burning through its mortal glooms, unblent
       With earthlier ardours, perilous, though bright,
Thy eloquent fervour, kindling wise intent—
       Thy steady flame of purpose in the right.   

 

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABABBAABCDCDCD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 681
Words 110
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

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