To absolute Right and Good,—may so obtain
God's glory and man's weal too long ignored,
"Too late attained by preachments all in vain—
The passive process. Knots get tangled worse
By toying with: does cut cord close again?
"Moreover there is blessing in the curse
Peace-praisers call war. What so sure evolves
All the capacities of soul, proves nurse
"Of that self-sacrifice in men which solves
The riddle—Wherein differs Man from beast?