Then turning to his attendant,
In measured speech and low,

He bespoke his heart’s reflections
On the events of long ago:

“Alexander, myself and Caesar
Have lands and kingdoms won;
But Jesus, the Christ, by the power of Love
Has all of us outdone.

“Without armament or battleship,
Without battery or gun,
This lonely peasant Prince of Peace
Has greater glories won |

_ Than all earth’s greatest soldiers
Within range of human ken,
For the power of Love more potent is
Than ten million armed men.”

1925

The Rights of Man

Socrates drinking the hemlock,
Savonarola on a funeral pyre,

Saint Paul in a Mamartine dungeon,
And Huss consigned to the fire,

All heeding the call of Conscience,
Selfless, sacrificial and brave,
Inspired by some Hope Immortal,
Their lives for humanity gave.

Few know the soul of a martyr
Branded by Ignominy;

Few knew the hearts of the heroes
Who died to make men free.

But the greatest heroes of a nation