Oh! Love is like a river-flood,
That rolls and pauses never—
An ocean-tide that bears us on
Forever and forever.
This is the lore I come to teach the world—
That Love formed all of matter, all of spirit;
That Love keeps all things, lest they fall to chaos;
That Love's pulse vibrates throughout all God's works,
Whose beat is harmony like angels' songs—
And man is most like God and least like Devil,