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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JOY IN MARTYRDOM, by JEANNE MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTTE GUYON Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet tenants of this grove! Last Line: What thou canst understand. Alternate Author Name(s): Guion, De La Mothe; Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvieres De La Mothe; Guyon Du Chesnoy | |||
SWEET tenants of this grove, Who sing, without design, A song of artless love, In unison with mine: These echoing shades return Full many a note of ours, That wise ones cannot learn With all their boasted powers. O Thou! whose sacred charms These hearts so seldom love, Although Thy beauty warms And blesses all above; How slow are human things To choose their happiest lot! All-glorious King of kings, Say why we love Thee not? This heart, that cannot rest, Shall Thine for ever prove; Though bleeding and distressed, Yet joyful in Thy love: 'Tis happy, though it breaks Beneath Thy chastening hand; And speechless,--yet it speaks What Thou canst understand. | 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 HAPPY SOLITUDE - UNHAPPY MEN 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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