We told of him as one who should have soared And seen for us the devastating¹ light Whereof there is not either day or night, And shared with us the glamour² of the Word That fell once upon Amos to record For men at ease in Zion, when the sight Of ills obscured aggrieved³ him and the might Of Hamath was a warning of the Lord.

    Assured somehow that he would make us wise, Our pleasure was to wait； and our surprise Was hard when we confessed the dry return Of his regret. For we were still to learn That earth has not a school where we may go For wisdom, or for more than we may know.