 | Uncollected Poems of James Russell Lowell |  |
SONNET
Thou art a woman, and therein thou artFit theme for poet's songful reverence;
Thou art the clear and living evidence
That God will never leave the human heart;
And, being so, should'st thou not do thy part,
For Him and for his blessed cause of Truth?
I fear not that thy crystal dew of ruth
Will be dried from thee in the dusty mart,
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No; where the jar of tongues swells angrily,
Thy gentleness shall clip thee with a ring
Of guardian light,—be the more calm, and good,
And clearlier, like a white angel sing,
Knowing that all shall one day angels be.
| Uncollected Poems of James Russell Lowell | |