A Prophet Is Dead: A Prophet Lives

A man of men to 
thee, a seer of thine to men 
lived here; lives; shall live. 

A wise man departs: 
wisdom sits with the Brethren 
to receive thy will. 

A good man has gone: 
we kneel to thee for a type 
of thy goodness, and 
            among the faithful 
            amid the faithless, behold 
            a prince of the faith. 

A great man has passed. 
We praise thee for past greatness 
and the future great: 
            strengthening the hopeless 
            and hopeful, under thy bow 
            stands a man of hope. 

A kind man left us. 
Grateful for kindness in one 
of thy kind, we see 
            out of the loveless 
            and the loving, love, thou dost 
            choose one that loves thee. 

Thy prophet went from 
amongst us: we thank thee, O 
God, for a prophet.