He buried his dead, and a tenderer tone

Crept into his song, for he sang it alone;

But he wove as he sang and the pattern was bright—

The tapestry of stars that come with the night—

And he built his waste places and conquered by toil

And garnered in peace what was gathered in spoil,

And all the day long

He wove in his song

The patience of right in the pillage of wrong—

And Faith was the ginner,