His Brother’s Keeper
His Brother’s Keeper - meaning Summary
Valorizing the Working Man
The poem defends an unnamed laboring man by listing his harsh journeys, hunger and thirst, and the privations of work in remote camps. The speaker asserts that this lived endurance and moral worth will be revealed and justified in a final reckoning, placing the man above complacent churchmen who preach without knowing or feeling. It is a short moral claim for the dignity of ordinary suffering labor.
Read Complete AnalysesBy his paths through the parched desolation, Hot rides and the terrible tramps; By the hunger, the thirst, the privation Of his work in the further most camps. By his worth in the light that shall search men And prove – ay! And justify each – I place him in front of all churchmen Who feel not, who know not – but preach!
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