YES! hope may with my strong desire keep pace, br And I be undeluded, unbetrayed; br For if of our affections none finds grace br In sight of Heaven, then, wherefore hath God made br The world which we inhabit? Better plea br Love cannot have, than that in loving thee br Glory to that eternal Peace is paid, br Who such divinity to thee imparts br As hallows and makes pure all gentle hearts. br His hope is treacherous only whose love dies br With beauty, which is varying every hour; br But, in chaste hearts uninfluenced by the power br Of outward change, there blooms a deathless flower, br That breathes on earth the air of paradise.