Better trust all and be deceiv’d,
And weep that trust, and that deceiving,
Than doubt one heart that, if believ’d,
Had blessed one’s life with true believing.
Oh, in this mocking world, too fast
The doubting fiend o’ertakes our youth!
Better be cheated to the last
Than lose the blessèd hope of truth.
Frances Anne Kemble (1809–93)
what balm to heal the wounds of others doing?
how does one earn that fresh page or that clean brush?
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