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Poem by Robert Laurence Binyon
A Song
For Mercy, Courage, Kindness, Mirth,
There is no measure upon earth.
Nay, they wither, root and stem,
If an end be set to them.
Overbrim and overflow,
If you own heart you would know;
For the spirit born to bless
Lives but in its own excess.
Robert Laurence Binyon
Robert Laurence Binyon's other poems:- The Woods Entry
- One Year Old
- Winter Sunrise
- The Healers
- The Children Dancing
Poems of the other poets with the same name:
Mark Akenside A Song ("The Shape alone let others prize") William Davenant A Song ("O thou that sleep'st like pig in straw") Edwin Arnold A Song ("Once — and only once — you gave") George Crabbe A Song ("As Chloe fair, a new-made bride") Eleanor Farjeon A Song ("It means so little to you") Richard Crashaw A Song ("Lord, when the sense of thy sweet grace") Oliver Holmes A Song ("WHEN the Puritans came over") Lizette Reese A Song ("Oh, Love, he went a-straying") Helen Williams A Song ("No riches from his scanty store")
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