The Prisoner of Love By F. W. Orde Ward (F. Harald Wiliams) |
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February 26
ONLY LOVE |
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 | The Prisoner of Love |  |
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February 26 ONLY LOVE
“The kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ.”—Rev. i. 9.
Only Love knows how to suffer,
Only Love knows how to die;
Therefore Love can live, though rougher
Passions still around it lie;
Therefore Love, whate'er the bringing
Brought by time, goes forth with singing.
Only Love knows how to die;
Therefore Love can live, though rougher
Passions still around it lie;
Therefore Love, whate'er the bringing
Brought by time, goes forth with singing.
Love is patient, though our flighty
Fancies oft lead us astray;
Love is meek and love is mighty,
In Divinity's delay;
Till, in Truth and Mercy meeting,
Dawns the one white Grace's greeting.
Fancies oft lead us astray;
Love is meek and love is mighty,
In Divinity's delay;
Till, in Truth and Mercy meeting,
Dawns the one white Grace's greeting.
Love, although its tasks be doubled
Daily on the upward road,
Never can be over-troubled
Or refuse the heaviest load;
Love demands but, for its guerdons,
Less of bliss and more of burdens.
Daily on the upward road,
Never can be over-troubled
Or refuse the heaviest load;
Love demands but, for its guerdons,
Less of bliss and more of burdens.
Love is very wise and only
Learns to do the righteous thing,
Love is never tired or lonely,
And through winter keeps the spring;
Heaven, which opens to the lover,
Reason cannot yet discover.
Learns to do the righteous thing,
Love is never tired or lonely,
And through winter keeps the spring;
Heaven, which opens to the lover,
Reason cannot yet discover.
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