To E. G., Dedicating a Book + 

A broken tale of endless things, + 

Take, lady: thou art not of those + 

Who in what vale a fountain springs + 

Would have its journey close. + 

Countless beginnings, fair first parts, + 

Leap to the light, and shining flow; + 

All broken things, or toys or hearts, + 

Are mended where they go. + 

Then down thy stream, with hope-filled sail, + 

Float faithful fearless on, loved friend; + 

’Tis God that has begun the tale + 

And does not mean to end. + 