The  rush  of  native  eloquence,  resistless  as  Niagara,

The  keen  demand,  the  clear  reply,  the  fine  poetic  image,

The  nice  analogy,  tlie  clenching  fart,  the  metaphor  bold  and  free,

The  grasp  of  concentrated  intellect,  wielding  the  omnipotence  of  truth,

The  grandeur  of  his  speed),  in  his  majesty  of  mind  !

Champion  of  the  right, — patriot,  or  priest,  or  pleader  of  the   innocent

cause,
Upon  whose  lips  the  mystic  bee  hath  droped  the  honey  of  persuasion,  (")
Whose  heart  and  tongue  have  been  touched,  as  of  old,  by  the  live  coal

from  the  altar.
How  wide  the  spreading  of  thy  peace,  how  deep  the  draught  of  thy

pleasures !
To  hold  the  multitude  as  one,  breathing  in  measured  cadence,
A  thousand  men  with  flashing  eyes,  waiting  upon  thy  will ;
A  thousand  hearts  kindled  by  thee  with  consecrated  fire.
Ten  flaming  spiritual  hecatombs  offered  on  the  mount  of  God  :
And  now  a  pause,  a  thrilling  pause, — they  live  but  in  thy  words, —
Thou  hast  broken  the  bounds  of  self,  as  the  Nile  at  its  rising,
Thou  art  expanded  into  them,  one  faith,  one  hope,  one  spirit,
They  breathe  but  in  thy  breath,  their  minds  are  passive  unto  thine,
Thou  turnest  the  key  of  their  love,  bending  t!)eir  affections  to  thy  purpose,
And  all,  in  sympathy  with  thee,  tremble  with  tumultuous  emotions.
Verily,  O  man,  with  truth  for  thy  tlieme,  eloquence  shall  throne  tliee  witli

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