Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems

Father,- Maker, God and Guide!
Who dost all my wants provide,
Ever by Thy servant's side
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God my Father, God my Friend,
Whose love doth all my thoughts transcend
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Plunged in my brain, fermenting thick and warm,
Simmer deep thoughts; and shape themselves apace,
So soon as Quiet for a little space
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I.
Columbia, child of Britain,- noblest child!
I praise the growing lustre of thy worth,
And fain would see thy great heart reconciled
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Ho! Brother, I'm a Britisher,
A chip of heart of oak,
That wouldn't warp or swerve or stir
From what I thought or spoke,-
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Ye that steer the minds of men,
Pilots of the public will,
By the rudder of the pen
Guiding us to good or ill,-
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She slumbers.- O blessed sleep, rain from thy wings
Thy life-giving balm on her delicate frame;
And send Thou from Eden's ambrosial springs
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Bravo, Detraction! libel worse and worse,--
Blessed is he whom you delight to curse;
Go on, go on,-- you serve my purpose so,--
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Monarch of millions, yet a gentle maid,
O, fair and young,- yet dignified and sage,
Most glorious Queen, yet in thy glory staid,
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Giant aggregate of nations,
Glorious Whole of glorious Parts,
Unto endless generations
Live United, hands and hearts!
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