Poem by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton

Sonnet 5. BECAUSE I know that there is that in me

BECAUSE I know that there is that in me
Of which thou shouldst be proud, and not ashamed,--
Because I feel one made thy choice should be
Not even by fools and slanderers rashly blamed,--
Because I fear, howe'er thy soul may strive
Against the weakness of that inward pain,
The falsehoods which my enemies contrive
Not always seek to wound thine ear in vain,--
Therefore I sometimes weep, when I should smile,
At all the vain frivolity and sin
Which those who know me not (yet me revile)--
My would-be judges--cast my actions in;
But else their malice hath nor sting nor smart--
For I appeal from them, Beloved, to thine own heart!

1. Sonnet 16. WHITE Rose of Bourbon's branch, so early faded!
2. Sonnet 11. Green avenue, whose shadow dim and sweet
3. Sonnet 6. Where the red wine-cup floweth, there art thou!
4. Sonnet 8. SILENT companions of the lonely hour
5. The Pilgrim of Life

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