63. A Song. Laurence Binyon. Modern British Poetry

Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern British Poetry. 1920.

Laurence Binyon. 1869–

63. 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,	5
If you own heart you would know;
For the spirit born to bless
Lives but in its own excess.