Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HYMN OF ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, by FRANCIS XAVIER Poet's Biography First Line: Thou art my god, sole object of my love Last Line: My god, my father, maker, and my king! Alternate Author Name(s): Francisco De Yasu Y Javier Variant Title(s): Prayer Of St. Francis Xavier | ||||||||
Thou art my God, sole object of my love; Not for the hope of endless joys above; Not for the fear of endless pains below, Which they who love thee not must undergo. For me, and such as me, thou deign'st to bear An ignominious cross, the nails, the spear: A thorny crown transpierc'd thy sacred brow, While bloody sweats from ev'ry member flow. For me in tortures thou resign'd'st thy breath, Embrac'd me on the cross, and sav'd me by thy death. And can these suff'rings fail my heart to move? What but thyself can now deserve my love? Such as then was, and is, thy love to me, Such is, and shall be still, my love to thee -- To thee, Redeemer! mercy's sacred spring! My God, my Father, Maker, and my King! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BELL by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES THE WRECK OF THE DEUTSCHLAND by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 8 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN THE FIRST SNOWFALL by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL BURNHAM-BEECHES by HENRY LUTTRELL SONNET: 23. ON HIS DECEASED WIFE by JOHN MILTON A LITTLE CHILD'S HYMN; FOR NIGHT AND MORNING by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE A DOUBTING HEART by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER ON THE SITE OF A MULBERRY-TREE PLANTED BY SHAKESPEARE ... by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |
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