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First Line: "nought I desire, nought I love"
Last Line: Nought without thee
Subject(s): Love


NOUGHT I desire, nought I love,
But only thee;
The highest good my soul can prove
It seeks in thee.

Each happy moment I received
Is due to thee;
And what can cheer me when I grieved
But thought of thee.

For steadfast trust my heart can turn
Only to thee;
And would I to be constant learn
It is of thee.

'Tis all the joy this world can give
To be with thee;
And if I longer wish to live,
'Tis but for thee.

What other object can delight
Like unto thee?
My life deems air a requisite
Far less than thee.

Each thought, each feeling, proves that I
Live but in thee;
That with thee all is ecstasy,
Nought without thee.





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