Truly there is no nobler on the earth! Although such unemblazoned, simple lot Thy heart despiseth and believeth not, Misdoubting man's good faith and woman's worth. Here is thy sacrifice: no more to roam, Nor to seek out the soul's most barren spot To shrine thy will in; but, thyself forgot, Spend all to found and fence one faithful home. And see thy stark Ideal die in pain, And bear the throes it causeth thee to see; And quench the fires of lawlessness in thee -- For childhood's sake, endure a tender chain; Ay, on thy neck, in token thou art free, Bear yoke of kinship e'en with lowlier men. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NO BABY IN THE HOUSE by CLARA G. DOLLIVER WESTWARD HO! by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER FOR SPRING, BY SANDRO BOTTICELLI by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI LONDON, 1802 (2) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 80, 81. GHAFOOR, MUNTAKIM by EDWIN ARNOLD |