English poem
II.— THE POWER OF LOVE.
by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1823–1896)
Samson the Mighty, Solomon The Wise, and Holy David all Must doff their crowns to Love, for none But fell as Love would scorn to fall! And what may fallen spirits win, When stripes and precepts cannot move? Only the sadness of all sin, When look’d at in the light of Love.