| William Wilfred Campbell, comp. The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse. 1913. | | | | Love | | By William James Armitage (1860–1929) |
| | | LOVE doth rule each human heart, | |
| All earth’s empires feel his sway; | |
| Nought mortal can escape his dart, | |
| Nor rank nor beauty say him nay. | |
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| Love, life’s sun, doth flame the soul, | 5 |
| Even to cowards doth courage give, | |
| Drives out all wintry dearth and dole, | |
| And bids life joyously to live. | |
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| But love, divine, which ever lasts, | |
| Draws all its being, strength, and stay, | 10 |
| From that eternal faith which casts | |
| All doubts, all dreads, and death away. | | | | |
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