A Creed Poem by Alice Duer Miller

A Creed



COURAGE to ask of love neither sign nor token,
Wisdom to wait, silence and faith are better;
Fear, not alone lest the bond be some day broken,
But, that love, too desperately dear, become a fetter.

Alice Duer Miller
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Topic(s) of this poem: alone,courage,faith,fear,silence
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New York City, New York
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