21 MARCH 1903, Page 18

THE BUILDER.

LONG bast thou wrought, yet who shall say

The walls are builded well or ill, Save He, who uses human clay His mighty purpose to fulfil ?

Yet we have seen thee at thy post Like that old prophet of the Lord, Who tho' encompassed by a host Could ply the trowel and the sword.

W. GILCHRIST WILSON.