Sole thing whereon a deathless love may rest,

And in deep faith and dreamy worship shed

Its high gifts fearlessly! I call thee bless’d,

If only there.

Bless’d, for the beautiful within thee dwelling

Never to fade!—a refuge from distrust,

A spring of purer life, still freshly welling,

To clothe the barrenness of earthly dust

With flowers divine.

And thou hast been beloved!—it is no dream,