Love

The Heart’s Prophecies

by Coventry Patmore 1823–1896

From The Angel in the House

Love

Be not amazed at life; ’tis still
The mode of God with his elect
Their hopes exactly to fulfil,
In times and ways they least expect.

MLA

Patmore, Coventry. “The Heart’s Prophecies.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/patmore/168/.

Chicago

Patmore, Coventry. “The Heart’s Prophecies.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/patmore/168/.

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