Poems

<h2><SPAN name="TOUT_POUR_LAMOUR" id="TOUT_POUR_LAMOUR"></SPAN>TOUT POUR L'AMOUR.</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="dropcap">T</span>HE world may rage without,<br/></span> <span class="i2a">Quiet is here;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Statesmen may toil and shout,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Cynics may sneer;<br/></span> <span class="i0">The great world,&mdash;let it go,&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i0">June warmth be March's snow,<br/></span> <span class="i0">I care not,&mdash;be it so<br/></span> <span class="i2">Since I am here.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Time was when war's alarm<br/></span> <span class="i2">Called for a fear,<br/></span> <span class="i0">When sorrow's seeming harm<br/></span> <span class="i2">Hastened a tear.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Naught care I now what foe<br/></span> <span class="i0">Threatens, for scarce I know<br/></span> <span class="i0">How the year's seasons go<br/></span> <span class="i2">Since I am here.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">This is my resting-place<br/></span> <span class="i2">Holy and dear,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Where pain's dejected face<br/></span> <span class="i2">May not appear;<br/></span> <span class="i0">This is the world to me,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Earth's woes I will not see,<br/></span> <span class="i0">But rest contentedly<br/></span> <span class="i2">Since I am here.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Is't your voice chiding, Love,<br/></span> <span class="i2">My mild career,<br/></span> <span class="i0">My meek abiding, Love,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Daily so near?&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i0">"Danger and loss," to me?<br/></span> <span class="i0">Ah, Sweet, I fear to see<br/></span> <span class="i0">No loss but loss of <i>thee</i>,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And I am here.<br/></span></div> </div> <hr /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />