Songs Old and New ... Collected Edition [by Elizabeth Charles] |
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ON A VASE OF ORIENTAL ALABASTER ILLUMINATED FROM WITHIN.
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ON A VASE OF ORIENTAL ALABASTER ILLUMINATED FROM WITHIN.
Look as thou may'st when dies the inward glow
All unillumined in the common day,
We know thee now, and evermore shall know,
Rose-alabaster, and no common clay.
All unillumined in the common day,
We know thee now, and evermore shall know,
Rose-alabaster, and no common clay.
The light within thee did not make thee fair,
It did but show thee as thou ever art,
The purple depths, the rose of dawn are there,
The glow and beauty of the fervent heart.
It did but show thee as thou ever art,
The purple depths, the rose of dawn are there,
The glow and beauty of the fervent heart.
O Love, who ever in our lov'd dost rest,
Ever anoint our eyes that we may see;
The best we see in those we love the best,
They ever are, indwelling Love to Thee.
Ever anoint our eyes that we may see;
The best we see in those we love the best,
They ever are, indwelling Love to Thee.
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The best we see in those we love the best,
They ever are, O patient Love to Thee,
Who through each lingering pain and fiery test
Art making us what Thou wouldst have us be.
They ever are, O patient Love to Thee,
Who through each lingering pain and fiery test
Art making us what Thou wouldst have us be.
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