Love Poems – Page 2759
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On an Infant
Which Died before Baptism / “BE, rather than be called, a child of God,” / Death whispered!—with assenting nod, … -
What was his Creed?
“Religion relates to life, and the life of religion is to do good.”—SWEDENBORG. / HE left a load of anthracite / In front of a poor woman’s door, … -
The Philosopher Toad
DOWN deep in the hollow, so damp and so cold, / Where oaks are by ivy o’ergrown, / The gray moss and lichen creep over the mould, … -
Her Creed
She stood before a chosen few, / With modest air and eyes of blue; / A gentle creature, in whose face … -
My Creed
I Hold that Christian grace abounds / Where charity is seen; that when / We climb to heaven, ’t is on the rounds … -
“Give me thy heart”
With echoing steps the worshippers / Departed one by one; / The organ’s pealing voice was stilled, … -
“O, may I join the choir invisible!”
O, May I join the choir invisible / Of those immortal dead who live again / In minds made better by their presence; live … -
“O yet we trust that somehow good”
From “In Memoriam,” LIII. / O YET we trust that somehow good / Will be the final goal of ill, … -
Day Breaks
What dost thou see, lone watcher on the tower, / Is the day breaking? Comes the wished-for hour? / Tell us the signs, and stretch abroad thy hand, … -
My Home
A Thanksgiving to God for a House in the Green Parish of Devonshire / LORD, thou hast given me a cell / Wherein to dwell, …
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