Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO MR. FORBES-ROBERTSON: 1. THE WANDERER, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER


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TO MR. FORBES-ROBERTSON: 1. THE WANDERER, by                    
First Line: I am a wanderer. Lo, the son of man
Last Line: Redeem each soul with purity again.
Subject(s): Wandering & Wanderers


THE WANDERER.

I am a wanderer. Lo, the Son of Man
Had neither home nor place to lay his head.
But ever weary, footsore, weak and wan
He traversed o'er the fields and roads that led
Unto the city of the holy ark,
Healing the sick and giving sight to those
Whose vision from their birth was ever dark;
He was a wanderer until life's close.

O you who act the Christ upon life's stage
And teach by inference His subtle thought,
I pray that in this dark and sordid age
Your play will teach the world what Christ has taught;
That you may ope the eyes of inner sight
Which view the soul that God has given men,
And by the virtue of that holy light
Redeem each soul with purity again.





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