Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume IV. The Higher Life. 1904. | | | | I. The Divine Element—(God, Christ, the Holy Spirit) | | The Way, the Truth, and the Life | | Theodore Parker (1810–1860) |
| | | O THOU great Friend to all the sons of men, | |
| Who once appeared in humblest guise below, | |
| Sin to rebuke, to break the captive’s chain, | |
| And call thy brethren forth from want and woe,— | |
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| We look to thee! thy truth is still the Light | 5 |
| Which guides the nations, groping on their way, | |
| Stumbling and falling in disastrous night, | |
| Yet hoping ever for the perfect day. | |
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| Yes; thou art still the Life, thou art the Way | |
| The holiest know; Light, Life, the Way of heaven! | 10 |
| And they who dearest hope and deepest pray, | |
| Toil by the Light, Life, Way, which thou hast given. | | | | |
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