"In him there was a faith serene and strong, / In me an unrest, like the rush of water"
— Smith, Walter Chalmers (1824-1908)
Place of Publication
Glasgow
Publisher
James Maclehose & Sons
Date
1891
Metaphor
"In him there was a faith serene and strong, / In me an unrest, like the rush of water"
Metaphor in Context
But while the grave old father questioned on,
I marked his dome of forehead, time had wrinkled,
And to myself I kept my thoughts alone,
And the dog dreamed on, and the rushlight twinkled.
In him there was a faith serene and strong,
In me an unrest, like the rush of water;
Without, there was a Credo hard and long,
Within, there was a resolute Negatur.
(pp. 36-7)
I marked his dome of forehead, time had wrinkled,
And to myself I kept my thoughts alone,
And the dog dreamed on, and the rushlight twinkled.
In him there was a faith serene and strong,
In me an unrest, like the rush of water;
Without, there was a Credo hard and long,
Within, there was a resolute Negatur.
(pp. 36-7)
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
HDIS takes from The Poetical Works (1902). A Heretic and Other Poems is available through Google Books: Link.
Theme
Stream of Consciousness
Date of Entry
12/23/2007
Date of Review
12/23/2007
