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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOD HIDES HIS PEOPLE, by JEANNE MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTTE GUYON Poet's Biography First Line: To lay the soul that loves him low Last Line: And make thee his delight. Alternate Author Name(s): Guion, De La Mothe; Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvieres De La Mothe; Guyon Du Chesnoy | |||
TO lay the soul that loves him low Becomes the Only Wise: To hide, beneath a veil of woe, The children of the skies. Man, though a worm, would yet be great; Though feeble, would seem strong; Assumes an independent state, By sacrilege and wrong. Strange the reverse, which, once abased, The haughty creature proves! He feels his soul a barren waste, Nor dares affirm he loves. Scorn'd by the thoughtless and the vain, To God he presses near; Superior to the world's disdain, And happy in its sneer. Oh welcome, in his heart he says, Humility and shame! Farewell the wish for human praise, The music of a name! But will not scandal mar the good That I might else perform? And can God work it, if he would, By so despised a worm? Ah, vainly anxious!--leave the Lord To rule thee, and dispose; Sweet is the mandate of His word, And gracious all He does. He draws from human littleness His grandeur and renown; And generous hearts with joy confess The triumph all His own. Down then with self-exalting thoughts! Thy faith and hope employ, To welcome all that He allots, And suffer shame with joy. No longer, then, thou wilt encroach On His eternal right; And He shall smile at thy approach, And make thee His delight. | 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 JUSTICE AMIABLE 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 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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