Requirement
John Greenleaf Whittier 1807 (Haverhill) – 1892 (Hampton Falls)
We live by Faith; but Faith is not the slave
Of text and legend. Reason's voice and God's,
Nature's and Duty's, never are at odds.
What asks our Father of His children, save
Justice and mercy and humility,
A reasonable service of good deeds,
Pure living, tenderness to human needs,
Reverence and trust, and prayer for light to see
The Master's footprints in our daily ways?
No knotted scourge nor sacrificial knife,
But the calm beauty of an ordered life
Whose very breathing is unworded praise!--
A life that stands as all true lives have stood,
Firm-rooted in the faith that God is Good.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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Scheme | ABBACDDCEFFEGG |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 584 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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