Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume IV. The Higher Life. 1904. | | | | III. Faith: Hope: Love: Service | | Flowers without Fruit | | John Henry Newman (1801–1890) |
| | | PRUNE thou thy words; the thoughts control | |
| That o’er thee swell and throng;— | |
| They will condense within thy soul, | |
| And change to purpose strong. | |
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| But he who lets his feelings run | 5 |
| In soft luxurious flow, | |
| Shrinks when hard service must be done, | |
| And faints at every woe. | |
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| Faith’s meanest deed more favor bears, | |
| Where hearts and wills are weighed, | 10 |
| Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, | |
| Which bloom their hour, and fade. | | | | |
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