| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 267. Jesus |
| | | By Theodore Parker |
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| JESUS, there is no dearer name than thine | |
| Which Time has blazoned on his mighty scroll; | |
| No wreaths nor garlands ever did entwine | |
| So fair a temple of so vast a soul. | |
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| There every virtue set his triumph-seal; | 5 |
| Wisdom, conjoined with strength and radiant grace, | |
| In a sweet copy Heaven to reveal, | |
| And stamp perfection on a mortal face. | |
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| Once on the earth wert thou, before men’s eyes, | |
| That did not half thy beauteous brightness see; | 10 |
| E’en as the emmet does not read the skies, | |
| Nor our weak orbs look through immensity. | |
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