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Beware of doubt--faith is the subtle chain Which binds us to the infinite: the voice Of a deep life within, that will remain Until we crowd it thence. - [Doubt] How beautiful the water is! To me 'tis wondrous fair-- No spot can ever lonely be If water sparkle there; It hath a thousand tongues of mirth, Of grandeur, or delight, And every heart is gladder made When water greets the sight. - [Water] 'T is the summer prime, when the noiseless air in perfumed chalice lies. - [Summer] The measure of capacity is the measure of sphere to either man or woman. - [Ability] The tender violet bent in smiles To elves that sported nigh, Tossing the drops of fragrant dew To scent the evening sky. - [Violets] White wing'd angels meet the child On the vestibule of life. - [Angels] Faith is the subtle chain Which binds us to the infinite; the voice Of a deep life within, that will remain Until we crowd it thence. - Atheism in Three Sonnets--Faith [Faith] Yes, this is life; and everywhere we meet, Not victor crowns, but wailings of defeat. - Sonnet--The Unattained [Life] Light household duties, ever more inwrought With placid fancies of one trusting heart That lives but in her smile, and turns From life's cold seeming and the busy mart, With tenderness, that heavenward ever yearns To be refreshed where one pure altar burns. Shut out from hence the mockery of life; Thus liveth she content, the meek, fond, trusting wife. - The Wife [Wives] 'Tis rushing now adown the spout, And gushing out below, Half frantic in its joyousness, And wild in eager flow. The earth is dried and parched with heat, And it hath long'd to be Released from out the selfish cloud, To cool the thirsty tree. - Water [Water]
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