Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BLESSED COMPANY, by LUCY LARCOM Poet's Biography First Line: God never meant us to be separated Last Line: Oh, take me in, to live my life with you! Subject(s): God | ||||||||
GOD never meant us to be separated From one another, in our work and thought; Spirits that share His Spirit He has mated, That so His loving purpose may be wrought, His gracious will be done In earth and heaven, as one: O blessed company of all the true, -- His holy Church, -- may I belong to you? Ye are His people; but around you slumber The hosts of God your summons must arouse To join the multitude no man can number; Even in their dreams they whisper now the VOWS Their happy lips will take When they to Him awake. Ye, through whom every day His breath anew Creates His worlds, I would belong to you! Thou, Father, hast made every man a brother To every other man, and in thy Son Renewest the bond: if we despise each other, We scorn Thee, in whose eyes all souls are one, Ye heirs disguised, look up! Drink from the royal cup! Your grimy robes His form is outlined through: It is His flesh and blood I share with you. His Church, -- it is the home of every spirit That looked and longed for Him before He came; That hears God's voice now, or shall ever hear it, Through the dire discord of earth's outcast shame. He knoweth who are His: His seal upon them is. O scattered, wandering flock! O loyal few! One Shepherd claims us! I belong to you! In His clear sight what can it matter whether We wear this badge or that, or none at all, If we but cleave to Him, and fight together Against His foes, wherever He may call? If He this weak heart win From shameful truce with sin, -- If He will make me brave and keep me true, -- Then, O ye faithful, I am one of you! What can the servant do without his Master? And what, without the Bridegroom, were the Bride? Behold, He cometh! Onward, comrades, faster, Out of the wilderness unto His side! Ah, Bride! the desert glows Around thee like the rose! Thy welcoming glance His smile is shining through; Oh, take me in, to live my life with you! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MOUNTAIN IS STRIPPED by DAVID IGNATOW AS CLOSE AS BREATHING by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 1 by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN BIRTH-DUES by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE SILENT SHEPHERDS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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