# The Song of the Sword, and Other Verses

Author: Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903

Genre: Category: Poetry

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24363

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Song+of+the+Sword%2C+and+Other+Verses+Henley&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

In the beginning, Ere God inspired Himself Into the clay thing Thumbed to His image, The vacant, the naked shell Soon to be Man: Thoughtful He pondered it, Prone there and impotent, Fragile, inviting Attack and discomfiture: Then, with a smile-- As He heard in the Thunder That laughed over Eden The voice of the Trumpet, The iron Beneficence, Calling His dooms To the Winds of the world-- Stooping, He drew On the sand with His finger A shape for a sign Of His way to the eyes That in wonder should waken, For a proof of His will To the breaking intelligence: That was the birth of me: I am the Sword.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-song-of-the-sword-and-other-verses-24363/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-song-of-the-sword-and-other-verses-24363/chapters/2/index.md)