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ASPIRATIONS OF THE SOUL AFTER GOD, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My spouse! In whose presence I live
Last Line: Am happy whenever I sing.
Alternate Author Name(s): Guion, De La Mothe; Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvieres De La Mothe; Guyon Du Chesnoy


MY Spouse! in whose presence I live,
Sole object of all my desires,
Who knowest what a flame I conceive
And canst easily double its fires;
How pleasant is all that I meet!
From fear of adversity free,
I find even sorrow made sweet;
Because 'tis assigned me by Thee.

Transported I see Thee display
Thy riches and glory divine;
I have only my life to repay,
Take what I would gladly resign.
Thy will is the treasure I seek,
For Thou art as faithful as strong;
There let me, obedient and meek,
Repose myself all the day long.

My spirit and faculties fail;
Oh finish what love has begun!
Destroy what is sinful and frail,
And dwell in the soul Thou hast won!
Dear theme of my wonder and praise,
I cry, who is worthy as Thou!
I can only be silent and gaze:
'Tis all that is left of me now.

O glory in which I am lost,
Too deep for the plummet of thought!
On an ocean of deity tossed,
I am swallowed, I sink into nought.
Yet lost and absorbed as I seem,
I chant to the praise of my King;
And, though overwhelmed by the theme,
Am happy whenever I sing.





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