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| XVIII. | XVIII. A PRAYER
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XVIII. A PRAYER
To love is heaven, and not to love is hell.—
To give sweet love away
Eternally and boundlessly is well.
For this alone I pray!
To give sweet love away
Eternally and boundlessly is well.
For this alone I pray!
I ask the power of loving without bound:
No limit there should be.
If thine arms, love, may never close me round,
Let my arms cover thee!
No limit there should be.
If thine arms, love, may never close me round,
Let my arms cover thee!
Let my strong love and limitless embrace
Of fiery fervent heart
Be ever round about thee,—in each place;
Blessing, where'er thou art.
Of fiery fervent heart
Be ever round about thee,—in each place;
Blessing, where'er thou art.
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Let me on earth and through all worlds to be
Be just the one who so
Completely loved that he saw nought but thee;
Who loved till love was woe.
Be just the one who so
Completely loved that he saw nought but thee;
Who loved till love was woe.
—That so thine image may not quit my side
Through all eternity:
While I thank God that I have lived and died
Madly in love with thee.
Through all eternity:
While I thank God that I have lived and died
Madly in love with thee.
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