II.— THE POWER OF LOVE.

By Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore

Samson the Mighty, Solomon

The Wise, and Holy David all

Must doff their crowns to Love, for none

But fell as Love would scorn to fall!

And what may fallen spirits win,

When stripes and precepts cannot move?

Only the sadness of all sin,

When look'd at in the light of Love.