Man Against the Sky: A Book of Poems

<h2> Siege Perilous </h2> <p>Long warned of many terrors more severe<br/> To scorch him than hell's engines could awaken,<br/> He scanned again, too far to be so near,<br/> The fearful seat no man had ever taken.<br/> <br/> So many other men with older eyes<br/> Than his to see with older sight behind them<br/> Had known so long their one way to be wise,&mdash;<br/> Was any other thing to do than mind them?<br/> <br/> So many a blasting parallel had seared<br/> Confusion on his faith,&mdash;could he but wonder<br/> If he were mad and right, or if he feared<br/> God's fury told in shafted flame and thunder?<br/> <br/> There fell one day upon his eyes a light<br/> Ethereal, and he heard no more men speaking;<br/> He saw their shaken heads, but no long sight<br/> Was his but for the end that he went seeking.<br/> <br/> The end he sought was not the end; the crown<br/> He won shall unto many still be given.<br/> Moreover, there was reason here to frown:<br/> No fury thundered, no flame fell from heaven.<br/></p> <p><SPAN name="link2H_4_0018" id="link2H_4_0018"></SPAN></p> <br/> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />