<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">Daring</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">I DARE not worship Love, whose warm hands hold</p><p class="line">The true immortal worth of mortal breath,</p><p class="line">And every deathless beauty this side death,</p><p class="line">And seeds wherein are hidden manifold</p><p class="line">Spring's promise, summer's glory, autumn's gold--</p><p class="line">I dare not, for so many voices say,</p><p class="line">"I am the Mighty Love thou must obey--</p><p class="line">The Love thy dreams foreshadowed, and foretold."</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">I thirst for love, and yet I dare not slake</p><p class="line">My thirst at his cool fountain's singing flow;</p><p class="line">I long to love, and yet I dare not stake</p><p class="line">Eternal happiness upon one throw;</p><p class="line">I dare not, nay, I dare for thy sweet sake;</p><p class="line">Then prithee love me who have loved thee so!</p></div></body></html> · Great War