35^ CRITICAL STUDIES And in it all things root, And heaven doth from out it shoot ; For tissue 'lis of love, That makes it solid prove : And angels' bodies fine Have patience in their wine. What more : that patience is The Lord of life and bliss : It is the haste to wait For bettering of state ; The quickness to forgive, And readiness to live. Weave it into thy soul ; Make of one web the whole : Bearing thy burden's sorrow ; Leaving thy soul's to-morrow. Sufficient is each day When patience is its ray." I regret that there is not space here to quote " Solitude " in full, while quotation in part would miss complete development of its central thought. Per- haps some stanzas from "The Birth of Eve," p. 24, will bear citation without their context : — "It is not meet to say What love God bears to man : He spread the tent of day, As portal of his plan : He made the heavenly arch, As gable of his door, He made the sky for march Of humble souls and poor. And he made love for man, Helpmeet for man to have ; And Paradise began With love's primeval wave :
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