Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.
SentencesCoventry Patmore (18231896)
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Too deep-enskied for all to see),
As poets of grammar, lovers are
The well-heads of morality.
Thy sanctity, and make it less!
Be sure I will not love at all
Where I may not love with excess.
Who, scanning his unwedded life,
Thanks Heaven, with a conscience free,
’Twas faithful to his future wife.