| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | | II. Love and Beauty | | By Charles Mackay (1814–1889) |
| | | BEAUTY and Love—and are they not the same? | |
| The one is both, and both are but the one, | |
| Pervasive they of all around the sun, | |
| Of one same essence, differing but in name. | |
| Lo! when pure Love lights his immortal flame, | 5 |
| He, and all Earth and Heaven in Beauty shine; | |
| And when true Beauty shows her face divine, | |
| Love permeates the universal frame. | |
| Holy of holies! mystery sublime! | |
| Who truly loves is beautiful to see, | 10 |
| And scatters Beauty wheresoe’er he goes— | |
| They fill all space; they move the wheels of Time; | |
| And evermore from their dread unity | |
| Through all the firmaments Life’s ocean flows. | | | | |
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