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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DIVINE JUSTICE AMIABLE, by JEANNE MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTTE GUYON Poet's Biography First Line: Thou hast no lightnings, o thou just! Last Line: Than woe itself would be. Alternate Author Name(s): Guion, De La Mothe; Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvieres De La Mothe; Guyon Du Chesnoy | |||
THOU hast no lightnings, O Thou Just! Or I their force should know; And if Thou strike me into dust, My soul approves the blow. The heart, that values less its ease Than it adores Thy ways, In Thine avenging anger sees A subject of its praise. Pleased I could lie, concealed and lost, In shades of central night; Not to avoid Thy wrath, Thou knowest, But lest I grieve Thy sight. Smite me, O Thou, whom I provoke; And I will love Thee still; The well-deserved and righteous stroke Shall please me, though it kill. Am I not worthy to sustain The worst Thou canst devise? And dare I seek Thy throne again, And meet Thy sacred eyes? Far from afflicting, Thou art kind: And in my saddest hours An unction of Thy grace I find, Pervading all my powers. Alas! Thou sparest me again; And when Thy wrath should move, Too gentle to endure my pain, Thou sooth'st me with Thy love. I have no punishment to fear; But, ah! that smile from Thee Imparts a pang far more severe Than woe itself would be. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FIGURATIVE DESCRIPTION OF ... PROCEDURE OF DIVINE LOVE by JEANNE MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTTE GUYON ADORATION by JEANNE MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTTE GUYON ASPIRATIONS OF THE SOUL AFTER GOD by JEANNE MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTTE GUYON DIVINE LOVE ENDURES NO RIVAL by JEANNE MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTTE GUYON GLORY TO GOD ALONE by JEANNE MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTTE GUYON GOD HIDES HIS PEOPLE by JEANNE MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTTE GUYON GOD NEITHER KNOWN NOR LOVED BY THE WORLD by JEANNE MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTTE GUYON GRATITUDE AND LOVE TO GOD by JEANNE MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTTE GUYON HAPPY SOLITUDE - UNHAPPY MEN by JEANNE MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTTE GUYON JOY IN MARTYRDOM by JEANNE MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTTE GUYON LIVING WATER by JEANNE MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTTE GUYON LOVE FAITHFUL IN THE ABSENCE OF THE BELOVED by JEANNE MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTTE GUYON |
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