St Cross

 

St Cross 

by LONGFELLOW 

Who built it? 

A great master of his craft, 
. . . .but not he alone,

For many generations laboured with him. 

Children that came to see these saints in stone, 

As day by day out of the blocks they rose, 

Grew old and died, and still the work went on. 

. . . .The architect 

Built his great heart into the sculptured stones, 

And with him toiled, his children and their lives 

Were builded with his own, into the walls, 

As offerings unto God. 

                               LONGFELLOW 

References:

Friendly Leaves 1882