BRIGGS HONORS ELIOT IN POEM

"Not for himself, not for that house of learning

Which he refashioned, guarded, builded higher;

Wide as the world his eager heart is yearning;

To all mankind he brings the sacred fire.

Brave, ardent, young, the glorious torch he lighted;

Strong, ardent, and mature, he held it fast;

True, ardent, old-till every wrong be righted

He holds it high, a leader to the last.

His are the mind heart that rest in doing;

His are the sword and shield that know not rust;

Through four-score years and ten, the Foe pursuing-

Champion of freedom, passionately just."