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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FIGHT OVER THE NEWMAN STATUE IN OXFORD, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: Is bigotry the order of the day?
Last Line: One universal faith! One hope! One heaven!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Newman, John Henry, Cardinal (1801-1890); Oxford University; Religious Discrimination; Statues; Religious Conflict
First Line: Is bigotry the order of the day?
Last Line: One universal faith! One hope! One heaven!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Newman, John Henry, Cardinal (1801-1890); Oxford University; Religious Discrimination; Statues; Religious Conflict
IS Bigotry the order of the day?
Must we, of larger faith, submit our views
To a minority—whose least excuse
Is threaten'd violence to our right of way?
And Lawlessness, a fit companion, ay,
To Christian zeal in most un-Christlike cause
To rob a Hero of his just applause—
And we the heirs of such a legacy!
Shall Time reprove us for the wrong we do,
Our narrow prejudice, our lack of pride?
Shall these roll on thro' ages, and abide
An earnest of our faith—our weakness too?
Lo! thro' the years the clouds are backward driven—
One Universal Faith! one Hope! one Heaven!
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