Faith. Frances Anne Kemble (1809-1893). I. Disappointment in Love. Bliss Carman, et al., eds. 1904. The World's Best Poetry. III. Sorrow and Consolation

Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904.

I. Disappointment in Love

Faith

Frances Anne Kemble (1809–1893)


BETTER trust all and be deceived,
And weep that trust and that deceiving,
Than doubt one heart that, if believed,
Had blessed one’s life with true believing.

O, in this mocking world too fast	5
The doubting fiend o’ertakes our youth;
Better be cheated to the last
Than lose the blessed hope of truth.