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A SONG FOR THE LEAST OF ALL SAINTS by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

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First Line: LOVE IS THE KEY OF LIFE AND DEATH
Last Line: AND I LOVE THEE.
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST;
Love is the key of life and death,
Of hidden heavenly mystery;
Of all Christ is, of all He saith,
Love is the key.

As three times to His saint He saith,
He saith to me, He saith to thee,
Breathing His grace-conferring breath:
"Lovest thou Me?"

Ah, Lord, I have such feeble faith,
Such feeble hope to comfort me:
But love it is, is strong as death,
And I love Thee.



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