| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 117. Channing |
| | | By Amos Bronson Alcott |
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| CHANNING! my Mentor whilst my thought was young, | |
| And I the votary of fair liberty,— | |
| How hung I then upon thy glowing tongue, | |
| And thought of love and truth as one with thee! | |
| Thou wast the inspirer of a nobler life, | 5 |
| When I with error waged unequal strife, | |
| And from its coils thy teaching set me free. | |
| Be ye, his followers, to his leading true, | |
| Nor privilege covet, nor the wider sway; | |
| But hold right onward in his loftier way, | 10 |
| As best becomes, and is his rightful due. | |
| If learning ’s yours,—gifts God doth least esteem,— | |
| Beyond all gifts was his transcendent view: | |
| O realize his Pentecostal dream! | |
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