And knowledge, but by year and hour
In reverence and in charity.”
And once more, toward the close of that noblest poem of the nineteenth century, he thus invokes the spirit of Hallam:
“O living will that shalt endure
When all that seems shall suffer shock,
Rise in the spiritual rock,
Flow thro’ our deeds and make them pure.
“That we may lift from out of dust
A voice as unto him that hears,
A cry above the conquered years