Page:Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918.djvu/831

 THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES

Such pearl from Life's fresh crown Fain would I shake me down. Were dreams to have at will, This would best heal my ill, This would I buy.

��RALPH WALDO EMERSON 677 Give All to Love

<IVE all to love;

Obey thy heart; Friends, kindred, days, Estate, good fame, Plans, credit, and the Muse Nothing refuse.

'Tis a brave master; Let it have scope: Follow it utterly, Hope beyond hope: High and more high It dives into noon, With wing unspent, Untold intent; But it is a god, Knows its own path, And the outlets of the sky.

It was never for the mean; It requireth courage stout, Souls above doubt, Valour unbending:

�� �