1. Home »
  2. American Poets »
  3. Patience Worth

Faith

by Patience Worth

Patience Worth

Faith be the shadow of love,
Cleaved unto love's side for aye.
Love be born with nay why
Upon its lips and likewise Faith.
He who questions faith receiveth silence,
For the bond twixt faith and love
Be too holy for prating.




Quotes of the Day

Writing is like making love. Don't worry about the orgasm, just concentrate on the process.
• Isabel Allende


Poems of the Day
  • Alan Soldofsky
    On Notice
    by Alan Soldofsky
    This time of year, the wind speeds up and sweeps wildly down from the ridges. So, they're shutting the power off. It's time to see what I've kept in case of an emergency. There might ...