| George Willis Cooke, comp. The Poets of Transcendentalism: An Anthology. 1903. | | | | Love against Love | | By David Atwood Wasson (1823–1887) |
| | | AS unto blowing roses summer dews, | |
| Or morning’s amber to the tree-top choirs, | |
| So to my bosom are the beams that use | |
| To rain on me from eyes that love inspires. | |
| Your love,—vouchsafe it, royal-hearted few, | 5 |
| And I will set no common price thereon, | |
| O, I will keep, as heaven his holy blue, | |
| Or night her diamonds, that dear treasure won. | |
| But aught of inward faith must I forego, | |
| Or miss one drop from truth’s baptismal hand, | 10 |
| Think poorer thoughts, pray cheaper prayers, and grow | |
| Less worthy trust, to meet your heart’s demand,— | |
| Farewell! Your wish I for your sake deny: | |
| Rebel to love, in truth to love, am I. | | | | |
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