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ORGAN SONGS: THE GRACE OF GRACE by GEORGE MACDONALD

Poet Analysis

First Line: HAD I THE GRACE TO WIN THE GRACE
Last Line: THY GRACE DIVINE IS ALL, AND MORE.
Subject(s): AMBITION; GRACE;
HAD I the grace to win the grace
Of some old man in lore complete,
My face would worship at his face,
And I sit lowly at his feet.

Had I the grace to win the grace
Of childhood, loving shy, apart,
The child should find a nearer place,
And teach me resting on my heart.

Had I the grace to win the grace
Of maiden living all above,
My soul would trample down the base,
That she might have a man to love.

A grace I had no grace to win
Knocks now at my half open door:
Ah, Lord of glory, come thou in!—
Thy grace divine is all, and more.



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