Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GOD KEEP A PURE LOVE BURNING, by ELMA SCHEEL


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GOD KEEP A PURE LOVE BURNING, by                    
First Line: God, keep a pure love burning in my heart
Last Line: But this.
Subject(s): God; Love; Prayer; Self


God, keep a pure love burning in my heart
Through all the years.
Purge it with sorrow or grief, or cleanse it
With tears
If you will — but all the little things
I pray,
That guard the fire, long-lighted, keep remembered
Each day.

God, keep a fresh breeze stirring in my heart
To fan the flame;
A sweet, clean breeze from hilltops where no dross
Can ever claim
A share in the fire, nor tarnish the hearth
Where it glows.
Keep it a chaste breeze, pregnant with faith
As it blows.

Scourge from my heart any hate that creeps in —
Then turn the key
In the lock ... Light up dim shadows that I
Ever may see
Dear jeweled treasures — a cherished word —
A kiss —
God, keep a pure love burning ... I ask
But this.





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