Poems (Spofford)/Measure for Measure

by Harriet Prescott Spofford

MEASURE FOR MEASURE.

What love do I bring you? The earth,
 Full of love, were far lighter;
The great hollow sky, full of love,
  Something slighter.

Earth full and heaven full were less
 Than the full measure given;
Nay, say a heart full,—the heart
  Holds earth and heaven!