"THEY give but never promise." Due to the frailty of our nature is it That human spouses promise. In gods joy dreads not but greets danger, is Intensified by solitude: Being the simplest, surest, purest, Most persuasive and securest Self-assertion; Delicate as gorgeous mealy wings are, Brave as hymns that lark up-towered sings are. Self-desertion, Impossible to joy, Never tempted god alloy Fidelity to good, because He or she deserted was. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NIGHTINGALES by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES FAST ANCHOR'D ETERNAL O LOVE! by WALT WHITMAN ON THE STATUE OF AN ANGEL, BY BIENAIME by WASHINGTON ALLSTON THE IDEAL by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE REASON WHY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE PUPPETS by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER |