III.
Obstructionists abide, alas in State,
The demagogue and fool,
The dullard in his school,
Who far behind the generation plods,
Yet at God’s leader casts rough stones and clods—
Wise men foresee their fate.
Without insight they still refuse to follow
The men inspired, high Heaven’s men;
Preferring far their narrow ken,
To vaunt themselves, though cause of fearful sorrow.
The while the great move on
In God’s high road,
With heavy load;
Becoming weary and living lone,
Oft forced to suffer and to moan—
At last to die!
But Heaven clears away the cloud from the martyr’s sky.