“He giveth his belovèd sleep.”
—PSALM cxxvii. 2.    

OF all the thoughts of God that are
Borne inward unto souls afar,
Among the Psalmist’s music deep,
Now tell me if that any is,
For gift or grace, surpassing this,—
“He giveth his belovèd sleep”?

What would we give to our beloved?
The hero’s heart, to be unmoved,—...