The abdication of Belief
Makes the Behavior small --
Better an ignis fatuus
Than no illume at all.
Source: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, no. 1551, ed. Thomas H. Johnson, 1955.
-- Emily Dickinson, (Dec 10 1830-1886), US poet; She was a reclusive stylist who combined spare lyricism with unorthodox diction.