'ENTHUSIAST,' 'Dreamer,' — such the names <br />Thine age bestows on thee, <br />For that great nature, going forth <br />In world-wide sympathy; <br />For the vision clear, the spirit brave, <br />The honest heart and warm, <br />And the voice which swells the battle-cry <br />Of Freedom and Reform! <br /> <br />Yet, for thy fearless manliness, <br />When weak time-servers throng, — <br />Thy chivalrous defence of right, <br />Thy hold rebuke of wrong, — <br />And for the flame of liberty, <br />Heaven-kindled in thy breast, <br />Which thou hast fed like sacred fire, — <br />A blessing on thee rest! <br /> <br />'T is said thy spirit knoweth not <br />Its times of calm and sleeping, <br />That ever are its restless thoughts <br />Like wild waves onward leaping. <br />Then may its flashing waters <br />Be tranquil never more, — <br />They are 'troubled' by an angel, <br />Like the sacred pool of yore.<br /><br />Grace Greenwood<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/valentine-to-a-reformer/
