UK Bible Students Website. Poem for the Day
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CLEAR THE
WAY |
MEN
of thought, be up and stirring
Night and day.
Sow
the seed, withdraw the curtain,
Clear
the way.
Men
of action, aid and cheer them
As
you may.
There's
a fount about to stream;
There's
a light about to beam;
There's
a warmth about to glow;
There's
a flower about to blow;
There's a midnight blackness changing
Into
gray.
Men
of thought, and men of action,
Clear the
way!
Once
the welcome light hath broken,
Who shall
say
What the unimagined glory
Of the day?
What
the evil that shall perish
In
its ray?
Aid
the dawning, tongue and pen;
Aid
it, hopes of honest men;
Aid
it, paper; aid it, type;
Aid
it. for the hour is ripe;
And
our earnest must not slacken
Into
play.
Men
of thought, and men of action,
Clear the way!
Lo! a cloud's about to vanish
From
the day;
Lo! the right's about to conquer-
Clear
the way!
Many a brazen wrong to crumble
Into
clay.
With
that right shall many more
Enter
smiling at the door;
With
the giant wrong shall fall
Many
others, great and small,
That
for ages long have held us
For their prey.
Men
of thought, and men of action,
Clear the way!
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