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LOVE'S YIELDED MEMORIES.
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LOVE'S YIELDED MEMORIES.
That the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
—St. John xvii. 26.
Father, I come to thee,
And these are left alone:
The love with which thou lovedst me,
I yield it to mine own.
And these are left alone:
The love with which thou lovedst me,
I yield it to mine own.
I know thou lovedst me
Or e'er the world began;
But that new human love of thine
Kept for the Son of man,
Or e'er the world began;
But that new human love of thine
Kept for the Son of man,
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Kept for the cradled head,
Kept for the wandering child,
For lonely hours at Nazareth,
For desert-temptings wild,
Kept for the wandering child,
For lonely hours at Nazareth,
For desert-temptings wild,
Love only to be learnt
In bitterness of loss,
Learnt in the thronged Jerusalem,
On the deserted Cross—
In bitterness of loss,
Learnt in the thronged Jerusalem,
On the deserted Cross—
Give it to them; for they,
My little ones, must bear
Like me, the God-forsakenness,
Like me the vanquish'd prayer.
My little ones, must bear
Like me, the God-forsakenness,
Like me the vanquish'd prayer.
I, suppliant in their need,
Through them shall never miss
The tender pity of thy love
In heaven's completed bliss;
Through them shall never miss
The tender pity of thy love
In heaven's completed bliss;
But in their strife shall be
Fresh stricken, tempted, tried;—
Love them as Thou hast lovèd me,
Let us with them abide!
Fresh stricken, tempted, tried;—
Love them as Thou hast lovèd me,
Let us with them abide!
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