Poem by Francis Thompson

Heaven and Hell

'Tis said there were no thought of hell,
Save hell were taught; that there should be
A Heaven for all's self-credible.
Not so the thing appears to me.
'Tis Heaven that lies beyond our sights,
And hell too possible that proves;
For all can feel the God that smites,
But ah, how few the God that loves! 

1. Unto This Last
2. Dedication to Wilfred and Alice Meynell
3. Epilogue to the Poet's Sitter
4. Scala Jacobi Portaque Eburnea
5. Gilded Gold

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