Classic Poem

A RE Guilt and Ignorance the only ones
Who with this name their daily lightness trim?
Are there not many called His filial sons
That use it daily without thought of Him?

And when I hear the idle utterance
Of that which means so much to human souls,
I think how blessèd, could I hear it once
From him whose very speech, God's wish controls.

It must be often thought of, though unheard,
By one who lives so high and pure as he;
It were Faith's whole confession in a word
From lips like his—how sacred would it be!