A book for the King
From ImmortalPoetry
Jump to navigationJump to searchby Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A book has been made for the King,
A book of beauty and art;
To the good king’s eyes
A smile shall rise
Hiding the ache in his heart -
Hiding the hurt and the grief
As he turns it, leaf by leaf.
A book has been made for the King,
A book of blood and of blight;
To the Great King’s eyes
A look shall rise
That will blast and wither and smite -
Yes, smite with a just God’s rage,
As He turns it, page by page.
| from Poems of Optimism by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1919) | |
| Neutral | The men-made gods 
|
Enable comment auto-refresher