Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume IV. The Higher Life. 1904. | | | | III. Faith: Hope: Love: Service | | Humility | | James Montgomery (1771–1854) |
| | | THE BIRD that soars on highest wing | |
| Builds on the ground her lowly nest; | |
| And she that doth most sweetly sing | |
| Sings in the shade, where all things rest; | |
| In lark and nightingale we see | 5 |
| What honor hath humility. | |
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| When Mary chose “the better part,” | |
| She meekly sat at Jesus’ feet; | |
| And Lydia’s gently opened heart | |
| Was made for God’s own temple meet: | 10 |
| Fairest and best adorned is she | |
| Whose clothing is humility. | |
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| The saint that wears heaven’s brightest crown, | |
| In deepest adoration bends: | |
| The weight of glory bows him down | 15 |
| Then most, when most his soul ascends: | |
| Nearest the throne itself must be | |
| The footstool of humility. | | | | |
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