Love us, Lord, but not too much. Come thou near, yet not too near. All thy laughing splendor spoils What we daily see and fear, What we bear, and do, and touch. Love us still, but not too much. Come thou near, Lord, not too near: Let us breathe thee through our lips. Even now I saw thy hue In the maple's yellow tips, When a leaf, so gay, so dear, Fell -- but come thou not more near. Let us breathe thee through our lips! Do thou enter in our eyes! Touch us that we not forget: Make us simple still, and wise. Circling us, thy finger slips -- Let us breathe thee through our lips. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WE CAN'T WRITE OURSELVES INTO ETERNAL LIFE by DAVID IGNATOW WOMAN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE DAY AND THE WORK by EDWIN MARKHAM PICKING AND CHOOSING by MARIANNE MOORE THE BEAST OF BURDEN by MARIANNE MOORE THE ICE-CREAM SANDWICH by KAREN SWENSON |