ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS
IV. LATITUDINARIANISM
ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS
YET Truth is keenly sought for, and the wind Charged with rich words poured out in thought’s defence; Whether the Church inspire that eloquence, Or a Platonic Piety confined To the sole temple of the inward mind; And One there is who builds immortal lays, Though doomed to tread in solitary ways, Darkness before and danger’s voice behind; Yet not alone, nor helpless to repel Sad thoughts; for from above the starry sphere 10 Come secrets, whispered nightly to his ear; And the pure spirit of celestial light Shines through his soul–“that he may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.”