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LORD, GRANT ME GRACE TO LOVE THEE IN MY PAIN, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
Last Line: What I forewent wilt thou not grant me then?
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): God; Love


Lord, grant me grace to love Thee in my pain,
Thro' all my disappointment love Thee still,
Thy love my strong foundation and my hill,
Tho' I be such as cometh not again,
A fading leaf, a spark upon the wane:
So evermore do Thou Thy perfect Will,
Beloved thro' all my good, thro' all mine ill,
Beloved tho' all my love beside be vain.
If thus I love Thee, how wilt Thou love me.
Thou Who art greater than my heart? (Amen!)
Wilt Thou bestow a part, with- hold a part?
The longing of my heart cries out to Thee,
The hungering thirsting longing of my heart:
What I forewent wilt Thou not grant me then?





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