Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SONG [OF DIVINE LOVE], by RICHARD CRASHAW


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First Line: Lord, when the sense of thy sweet grace
Last Line: Dead to my selfe, I live in thee.
Subject(s): Consolation


LORD, when the sense of thy sweet grace
Sends up my soul to seek thy face.
Thy blessed eyes breed such desire,
I dy in love's delicious Fire.
O love, I am thy SACRIFICE.
Be still triumphant, blessed eyes.
Still shine on me, fair suns! that I
Still may behold, though still I dy.

Second part.
Though still I dy, I live again;
Still longing so to be still slain,
So gainfull is such losse of breath,
I dy even in desire of death.
Still live in me this loving strife
Of living DEATH and dying LIFE.
For while thou sweetly slayest me
Dead to my selfe, I live in Thee.





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