MY Love! hast Thou forgotten Thy rest Upon my breast? And wherefore hast Thou sold me To be enslaved for aye? Have I not followed Thee upon the way Of olden time within a land not sown? Lo! Seir and Mount Paran—nor these alone— Sinai and Sin—yea, these Be all my witnesses. For Thee my love was ever, And mine Thy grace divine; And how hast Thou apportioned My glory away from me? Thrust unto Seir, pursued, sent forth to flee Unto Kedar, nor suffered to abide; Within the Grecian fiery furnace tried; Afflicted, weighed with care, With Media's yoke to bear;— And is there any to redeem but Thee? Or other captive with such hope above? Thy strength, O Lord; grant of Thy strength to me! For I give Thee my love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 34. REMINDING HER OF A PROMISE (4) by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE WARMTH OF MEMORY by BERTON BRALEY TO A FRIEND DYING by ROBERT BRIDGES (1858-1941) THE HAPPY HOUR by MARY FRANCES MARSHALL BUTTS THE BOTTLING OF THE WASP by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY THANKS FOR A GIFT OF PHEASANTS by WILLIAM COWPER TO THE HONORABLE GENTLEMAN, MASTER TOURNEY HIS ... TUTOR by RICHARD CRASHAW |