Beware of doubt -- faith is the subtle chain Which binds us to the Infinite: the voice Of a deep life within, that will remain Until we crowd it thence. We may rejoice With an exceeding joy, and make our life, Ay, this external life, become a part Of that which is within, o'erwrought and rife With faith, that childlike blessedness of heart. The order and the harmony inborn With a perpetual hymning crown our way, Till callousness, and selfishness, and scorn, Shall pass as clouds where scatheless lightnings play. Cling to thy faith -- 'tis higher than the thought That questions of thy faith, the cold external doubt. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONG OF THE LITTLE WHITE GIRL by KATHERINE MANSFIELD THE JAIN BIRD HOSPITAL IN DELHI by WILLIAM MEREDITH ALMANACH DU PRINTEMPS VIVAROIS by HAYDEN CARRUTH STREET-CRIES: 2. THE SHIP OF EARTH by SIDNEY LANIER BEFORE DAWN; SONNET by AMY LOWELL |