Love
Prospective Faith
From The Angel in the House
Love
They safely walk in darkest ways
Whose youth is lighted from above,
Where, through the senses’ silvery haze,
Dawns the veil’d moon of nuptial love.
Who is the happy husband? He
Who, scanning his unwedded life,
Thanks Heaven, with a conscience free,
’Twas faithful to his future wife.
Cite this poem
MLA
Patmore, Coventry. “Prospective Faith.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/patmore/133/.
Chicago
Patmore, Coventry. “Prospective Faith.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/patmore/133/.
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