No coward soul is mine,  
  No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere:  
  I see Heaven's glories shine,  
  And Faith shines equal, arming me from Fear. O God within my breast,  
  Almighty, ever-present Deity!  
  Life — that in me has rest,  
  As I — undying Life — have power in Thee! Vain are the thousand creeds  
  That move men's hearts: unutterably vain;  
  Worthless as withered weeds,  
  Or idlest froth amid the boundless main...
No Coward Soul Is Mine (1848)























