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First Line: I would, indeed, that heaven had made me meek
Last Line: That loves me wholly, and is love indeed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Love - Marital; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love


I WOULD, indeed, that Heaven had made me meek,
Content to hold and fill a second place,
Take lesser love as undeservèd grace,
And bow my thankful head when one should speak
Me gently, touch with careless hand my cheek,
Or bend sometimes and kiss my unpraised face,
Since she, forsooth, is in her far-off place
For whom his highest homage seemed too weak.

But I was made with passionate, strong soul,
And what I would, I would have wholly mine;
And if I bow my head to Love's control,
And to his keeping all myself consign,
It must be Love that answers to my need,
That loves me wholly, and is Love indeed.






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