I memorized both this poem and William Knox's "O why should the spirit of mortal be proud?"^1 as an exercise in rote memorization. It took me a couple of days,

I memorized both this poem and William Knox's "O why should the spirit of mortal be proud?"^1 as an exercise in rote memorization. It took me a couple of days, but it's now been years and they're still burned in there. --- 1 - https://hymnary.org/text/o_why_should_the_spirit_of_mortal_be_pro https://hymnary.org/text/o_why_should_the_spirit_of_mortal_b...