Tread softly! All the earth is holy ground.
It may be, could we look with seeing eyes,
This spot we stand on is a Paradise,
Where dead have come to life and lost been found,
Where Faith has triumphed, Martyrdom been crowned,
Where fools have foiled the wisdom of the wise.


A Pageant: And Other Poems (1881)


Tread softly! All the earth is holy ground. It may be, could we look with seeing eyes, This spot we stand on is a Paradise, Where dead have come to...

Tread softly! All the earth is holy ground. It may be, could we look with seeing eyes, This spot we stand on is a Paradise, Where dead have come to...

Tread softly! All the earth is holy ground. It may be, could we look with seeing eyes, This spot we stand on is a Paradise, Where dead have come to...

Tread softly! All the earth is holy ground. It may be, could we look with seeing eyes, This spot we stand on is a Paradise, Where dead have come to...