| George William (“A. E.”) Russell (1867–1935). Collected Poems by A.E. 1913. |
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| 91. Truth |
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| THE HERO first thought it | |
| To him ’twas a deed: | |
| To those who retaught it, | |
| A chain on their speed. | |
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| The fire that we kindled, | 5 |
| A beacon by night, | |
| When darkness has dwindled | |
| Grows pale in the light. | |
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| For life has no glory | |
| Stays long in one dwelling, | 10 |
| And time has no story | |
| That’s true twice in telling. | |
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| And only the teaching | |
| That never was spoken | |
| Is worthy thy reaching, | 15 |
| The fountain unbroken. | |
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