Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
VI. LoversNot at all, or all in all
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (18091892)From “Merlin and Vivien”
I
Faith and unfaith can ne’er be equal powers;
Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all.
That by and by will make the music mute,
And ever widening slowly silence all.
Or little pitted speck in garnered fruit,
That rotting inward, slowly molders all.
But shall it? answer, darling, answer, no.
And trust me not at all or all in all.