Another brilliant poem by Martin Farquhar Tupper on the Crystal Palace Exhibition.
The first stanza was found prefacing the introduction to the Dr Robert Wilson Collection of 19th Century Ceramics and Glass Exhibition at the National Museum of Victoria, just a few weeks ago at the beginning of December 2010. I reproduce the poem here in full - courtesy of Google Books and "Europa: Or, Scenes And Society in England, France, Italy And Switzerland" by Daniel C. Eddy - although the title of the poem cannot be found!
The first stanza was found prefacing the introduction to the Dr Robert Wilson Collection of 19th Century Ceramics and Glass Exhibition at the National Museum of Victoria, just a few weeks ago at the beginning of December 2010. I reproduce the poem here in full - courtesy of Google Books and "Europa: Or, Scenes And Society in England, France, Italy And Switzerland" by Daniel C. Eddy - although the title of the poem cannot be found!
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| by Martin Farquhar Tupper |
I in particular like the last stanza as well, which I repeat here:
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And meet for peace and doing good, in kindness, while we can;
It is a greater, and more blest, the human heart to raise
Up to the God who giveth all, with gratitude and praise."