| Higginson and Bigelow, comps. American Sonnets. 1891. | | | | Love against Love | | By David Atwood Wasson (1823–1887) |
| | | AS unto blooming roses, summer dews, | |
| Or morning’s amber to the tree-top choirs, | |
| So to my bosom are the beams that use | |
| To rain on me from eyes that Love inspires; | |
| Your love,—vouchsafe it, royal-hearted Few,— | 5 |
| And I will set no common price thereon; | |
| O, I will keep, as Heaven his holy blue, | |
| Or Night her diamonds, that dear treasure won. | |
| But aught of inward faith must I forego, | |
| Or miss one drop from Truth’s baptismal hand, | 10 |
| Think poorer thoughts, pray cheaper prayers, and grow | |
| Less worthy trust, to meet your hearts’ demand: | |
| Farewell! your wish I for your sake deny; | |
| Rebel to love in truth to love am I. | | | | |
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