Rachel
You loved her, and would lie all night
Thinking how beautiful she was,
And what to do for her delight.
Now both are bound with alien laws:
Be patient; put your heart to school;
Weep if you will, but not despair:
The trust that nought goes wrong by rule
Makes light a load the many bear.
Love, if heav'n 's heav'n, shall meet his dues,
Though here unmatch'd, or match'd amiss;
Meanwhile, the gentle cannot choose
But learn to love the lips they kiss.
Ne'er hurt the homely sister's ears
With Rachel's beauties: secret be
The lofty mind whose lonely tears
Protest against mortality.
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