Faith

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h3> Faith<br/> </h3> <p class="poem"> Better trust all, and be deceived,<br/> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And weep that trust and that deceiving,<br/> Than doubt one heart that, if believed,<br/> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Had bless'd one's life with true believing.<br/></p> <p class="poem"> O, in this mocking world too fast<br/> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The doubting fiend o'ertakes our youth!<br/> Better be cheated to the last<br/> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Than lose the blessed hope of truth.<br/> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&mdash;<i>Frances Anne Kemble</i><br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />