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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN TIME OF STRIFE, by CHARLES WILLIAMS Poet's Biography
First Line: Eternal justice, who dost all things weigh
Last Line: Exalted and perpetual innocence.
Subject(s): Children; Innocence; Love; Childhood
First Line: Eternal justice, who dost all things weigh
Last Line: Exalted and perpetual innocence.
Subject(s): Children; Innocence; Love; Childhood
ETERNAL Justice, who dost all things weigh,
In those strict balances thou keep'st above,
Against the scale whose only load is Love
Sitting, a child, with fiery darts at play,
Ere yet thou puttest in our deeds to-day
Charge them with living metal till they prove
Able to bid thy needle cease to move
And to its rest thy beam exactly sway.
Then, not too heavy with excess of fear
And anger, nor too airy, rash, and light—
Either deserving naught of thee but thence
Worthless to be cast out—let them appear
Under thy smile poised equal with that bright
Exalted and perpetual Innocence.
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