Poems

Chapter 43: THE HEART THAT IS HARD TO WIN.

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A compact collection of short lyrics and occasional longer pieces that pair devotional reflection with sentimental and patriotic themes. Poems move between nature scenes, seascapes, and seasonal detail to explore faith, hope, duty, and the consolations of memory. Language tends toward clear, hymnlike phrasing and moral admonition, with moments of celebratory exhortation and public commemoration interspersed among intimate domestic and pastoral sketches.

THE HEART THAT IS HARD TO WIN.

Is there a heart that is hard to win,

A heart to itself untrue?

Never is heart so wrapped in sin

That the light cannot creep through.

Never are feet so slow to climb

As the feet too softly shod;

Never is life so full, sublime,

As the life that leads to God.