IN controversial foul impureness The peace that is thy light to thee Quench not: in faith and inner sureness Possess thy soul and let it be. No violence -- perverse, persistent -- What cannot be can bring to be; No zeal what is make more existent, And strife but blinds the eyes that see. What though in blood their souls embruing, The great, the good, and wise they curse, Still sinning, what they know not doing; Stand still, forbear, nor make it worse. By curses, by denunciation, The coming fate they cannot stay; Nor thou, by fiery indignation, Though just, accelerate the day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOHN MOULDY by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE THE DIFFERENCE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH LOVE IN EXILE: L'ENVOI by MATHILDE BLIND TREES ON THE CALAIS ROAD by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN TO MY SWEETHEART by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE |