This Poem disclaims any attempt at settling religious difficulties. The
verses are of "sorrow born," the result of private grief; and if
misunderstood, and open to the charge of attempting to solve such grave
questions of doubt as affect some minds, they would deserve the scorn of
men.
Sorrow does not undertake severe argument; but if a "slender shade of
doubt" flits before it, it would make this doubt a "vassal unto love," and
yield to Love's supreme authority.