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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TRANSFIGURER, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE
First Line: O sweet to hear thy name on friendly tongue
Last Line: For thou art love, and loved, and lover all.
Subject(s): Faith; Love; Metamorphosis; Religion; Transfiguration; Belief; Creed; Theology
First Line: O sweet to hear thy name on friendly tongue
Last Line: For thou art love, and loved, and lover all.
Subject(s): Faith; Love; Metamorphosis; Religion; Transfiguration; Belief; Creed; Theology
O SWEET to hear thy name on friendly tongue,—
But sweeter far to hear thee utter mine!
O joy to enter memory's secret shrine
And find thee thronéd sovereign saint among
All hopes and honours I have sought or sung;—
But greater joy to see the image shine
Of my sole self within thy tender eyne,
And lose the years, and share thy spirit young!
If this be selfish, dear, or selfish seem,
Let me confess my fault, and bear correction;—
And yet from penance may this plea redeem:
My name I love not, but as thou dost call,
Nor my presentment save in one reflection,
For thou art Love, and loved, and lover all.
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