Man and Men

I

Men the Angels eyed;

And here they were wild waves,

And there as marsh descried;

Men the Angels eyed,

And liked the picture best

Where they were greenly dressed

In brotherhood of graves.

II

Man the Angels marked:

He led a host through murk,

On fearful seas embarked;

Man the Angels marked;

To think without a nay,

That he was good as they,

And help him at his work.

III

Man and Angels, ye

A sluggish fen shall drain,

Shall quell a warring sea.

Man and Angels, ye,

Whom stain of strife befouls,

A light to kindle souls

Bear radiant in the stain.