George Santayana

Here you will find the Poem Faith of poet George Santayana

Faith

O WORLD, thou choosest not the better part! 
It is not wisdom to be only wise, 
And on the inward vision close the eyes, 
But it is wisdom to believe the heart. 
Columbus found a world, and had no chart, 
Save one that faith deciphered in the skies; 
To trust the soul'd invincible surmise 
Was all his science and his only art. 
Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine 
That lights the pathway but one step ahead 
Across a void of mystery and dread. 
Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine 
By which alone the mortal heart is lead 
Unto the thinking of the thoughts divine.