Is spring's blood, spilt its leaves between,—

That, they might spare; a certain wood

Might miss the plant; their loss were small:

But I,—whene'er the leaf grows there,

Its drop comes from my heart, that 's all.

DEAF AND DUMB
A GROUP BY WOOLNER

Only the prism's obstruction shows aright

The secret of a sunbeam, breaks its light

Into the jewelled bow from blankest white;

So may a glory from defect arise: