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fishermen.
Fearless he stood, this toiler of the deep,
And I, I felt a strange desire to weep;
For, as I sat and listened unto him,
Feeling a sense of awe, my sight grew dim;
A mist or something rose before mine eyes,
Then backward rolled the centuries.
And I, or so it seemed to me,
Stood on the shore of Galilee
Watching the Christ. I saw His hand
Raised in a gesture of command.
Following His gaze, I turned, and then
Beheld two brethren—fishermen,
Humble fishermen—but He Said,
"Leave your nets, and follow Me."
And they left all and followed on,
Disciples of God's Holy One.
·····
The vision passed: my sight grew clear,
But still that voice Divine I hear—
The voice that near Lake Galilee
Said to the fishers, "Follow Me";
'Tis saying, "Even now, as then,
Are my disciples fishermen."
And I, I felt a strange desire to weep;
For, as I sat and listened unto him,
Feeling a sense of awe, my sight grew dim;
A mist or something rose before mine eyes,
Then backward rolled the centuries.
And I, or so it seemed to me,
Stood on the shore of Galilee
Watching the Christ. I saw His hand
Raised in a gesture of command.
Following His gaze, I turned, and then
Beheld two brethren—fishermen,
Humble fishermen—but He Said,
"Leave your nets, and follow Me."
And they left all and followed on,
Disciples of God's Holy One.
·····
The vision passed: my sight grew clear,
But still that voice Divine I hear—
The voice that near Lake Galilee
Said to the fishers, "Follow Me";
'Tis saying, "Even now, as then,
Are my disciples fishermen."
