Reason for Love's Blindness[418:2]

Linenotes:

Title—In a Roman Catholic] In a Catholic S. L., 1828, 1829.

To a Lady[418:1]

Offended by a Sportive Observation That Women Have No Souls

Nay, dearest Anna! why so grave?
I said, you had no soul, 'tis true!
For what you are, you cannot have:
'Tis I, that have one since I first had you!

? 1811.

Linenotes:

In line 3 'are', 'have', and in line 4 'have', 'you', are italicized in all editions except 1834.

I have heard of reasons manifold
Why Love must needs be blind,
But this the best of all I hold—
His eyes are in his mind.

What outward form and feature are
He guesseth but in part;
But that within is good and fair
He seeth with the heart.

? 1811.