| Higginson and Bigelow, comps. American Sonnets. 1891. | | | | Thought | | By Alice Marland (Wellington) Rollins (1847–1897) |
| | | A PALACE richly furnished is the mind, | |
| In whose fair chambers we may walk at will; | |
| And in its cloistered calm, serene and still, | |
| Continual delight and comfort find. | |
| Not only fretful cares we leave behind, | 5 |
| But restless happiness, and hopes that fill | |
| The eager soul with too much light, until | |
| Eyes dazzled see less wisely than the blind. | |
| So perfect is the joy we find therein, | |
| No pleasures of the outer world compare | 10 |
| With the divine repose so gladly sought; | |
| When from the wearying world we turn to win | |
| High mental solitude, and cherish there | |
| Silent companionship with lofty thought. | | | | |
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