out of nowhere
I echoed thoughtfully, – “The Man most man
Works best for men, and, if most man indeed,
He gets his manhood plainest from his soul;
While obviously this stringent soul itself
Obeys the old law of development.
The Spirit ever witnessing in ours,
And love, the soul of soul, within the soul,
Evolving it sublimely. First, God’s love”
“And next,” he smiled, “the love of wedded souls,
Which still presents that mystery’s counterpart.
Sweet shadow-rose upon the water of life,
Of such a mystic substance, Sharon gave
A name to 1 human. vital, fructuous rose,
Whose calyx holds the multitude of leaves,
Loves filial, loves fraternal, neighbor-loves
And civic, – all fair petals, all good scents,
All reddened, sweetened, from one central Heart! ”
Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s works
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