Heart Songs

<h2><SPAN name="HER_DOWER" id="HER_DOWER"></SPAN>Her Dower</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="letra">O</span>NE angel brought a birth-day gift,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Straight from the courts above,<br/></span> <span class="ig">“Now soft thy voice, and bright thy smile,<br/></span> <span class="i2">For I do give thee Love.”<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Another came on snowy wings,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Tipped with a golden light,<br/></span> <span class="ig">“I bring the gift of Purity<br/></span> <span class="i2">To keep thy dear heart white.”<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The third had music in his tones:<br/></span> <span class="i2">“I bring thee Courage, strong,<br/></span> <span class="i0">To guard both Love and Purity<br/></span> <span class="i2">From what would do them wrong.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="ig">“For tender feet must press the paths&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">The crowded paths of life&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i0">And tender souls must meet the shock<br/></span> <span class="i2">And din of passions strife.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="ig">“Walk thou unmoved through perils great,<br/></span> <span class="i2">While we thy strength applaud,<br/></span> <span class="i0">With Courage true I crown to-day<br/></span> <span class="i2">The fairest work of God.”<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_143" id="page_143"></SPAN>{143}</span><br/></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />