And in Life's noisiest hour...

THE PRESENCE OF LOVE
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

And in Life's noisiest hour,
There whispers still the ceaseless Love of Thee,
The heart's Self-solace and soliloquy.

You mould my Hopes, you fashion me within;
And to the leading Love-throb in the Heart
Thro' all my Being, thro' my pulse's beat;
You lie in all my many Thoughts, like Light,
Like the fair light of Dawn, or summer Eve
On rippling Stream, or cloud-reflecting Lake.

And looking to the Heaven, that bends above you,
How oft! I bless the Lot that made me love you.

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The first stanza is perhaps  among the most quoted, paraphrased or implied from the poetic classics in my writings and books.

Books of poetry necessary to make anyone's home library complete... :-)

      

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Both books (above) published May 2015. Click on covers to preview/purchase.

            

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Three books (above) published Jan 2007, Mar 2009 and Nov 2011 respectively. Click on covers to preview/purchase.

            

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Three books (above) published Dec 2001, Oct 2003 and Sep 2005 respectively. Click on covers to preview/purchase.