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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HAPPY SOLITUDE - UNHAPPY MEN, by JEANNE MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTTE GUYON Poet's Biography First Line: My heart is easy, and my burden light Last Line: And hunt their ruin with a zeal to die. Alternate Author Name(s): Guion, De La Mothe; Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvieres De La Mothe; Guyon Du Chesnoy | |||
MY heart is easy, and my burthen light; I smile, though sad, when Thou art in my sight: The more my woes in secret I deplore, I taste Thy goodness, and I love Thee more. There, while a solemn stillness reigns around, Faith, Love, and Hope within my soul abound; And while the world suppose me lost in care, The joys of angels, unperceived, I share. Thy creatures wrong Thee, O Thou Sovereign Good! Thou art not loved, because not understood; This grieves me most, that vain pursuits beguile Ungrateful men, regardless of Thy smile. Frail beauty and false honour are adored; While Thee they scorn, and trifle with Thy Word; Pass, unconcerned, a Saviour's sorrows by; And hunt their ruin with a zeal to die. | 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 HIDES HIS PEOPLE 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 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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