Love's mandate

Because thy heart to mine

Spake with a call divine,

I did not question it, nor wait to know

That it was wise to give surrender so,

But down beneath thy feet I laid me low.

I did not wait to find

That thou wast loving, generous and kind,

That love for thee would bring delight or woe,

But, from within me or above,

The mandate came to love thee, and I love!