Versos English Nora May French Instinct

English poem

Instinct

by (1881–1907)

Listen in the reader

To Reason with the praise of one I go To fall back, silent, at her whispered “No.”

And always of the other says she, “Trust-- He doeth thus and thus, O thou unjust!”

Yet meet one eye to eye and queries end-- An eager hand goes out to greet a friend,

And let the other please me, soon or late Wakes with a hiss the little snake of hate.