Strength, No. II

Strength, No. II. [No. 34]

They greatly err who fancy that true Strength
Consists in mere Brute Force. All Force is good
When used aright; and, properly understood,
A lever to raise up the World at length.
Obedience to God will give us Power 5
To bravely battle with all human ills;
And he is Strongest who most fulfils
His duties as a Man: and in the hour
Our Great Grand Master calls the Muster-roll,
And we must Stand to Order, then the Strong, 10
It will be seen, are those who did belong
On Earth to them who learnt to make the Soul
The Monarch of the Body. Many then
Will be Accepted who are now despised of men.

by George Markham Tweddell 1st published 1887