These are the best of him,
Pathos and jest of him;
Earth holds the rest of him.

Passions were strong in him,-
Pardon the wrong in him;
Hark to the song in him!-

Each little lyrical
Grave or satirical
Musical miracle!

(C) Frederic Lawrence Knowles
01/01/2000


Best Poems of Frederic Lawrence Knowles

• Love Triumphant
• On A Fly-leaf Of Burns Songs