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LATER LIFE: A DOUBLE SONNET OF SONNETS, 8, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: We feel and see with different hearts and eyes
Last Line: And hearts to love thee, and to see thee eyes.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina


We feel and see with different hearts and eyes: --
Ah Christ, if all our hearts could meet in Thee
How well it were for them and well for me,
Our hearts Thy dear accepted sacrifice.
Thou, only Life of hearts and Light of eyes,
Our life, our light, if once we turn to Thee,
So be it, O Lord, to them and so to me;
Be all alike Thine own dear sacrifice.
Thou Who by death hast ransomed us from death,
Thyself God's sole well-pleasing Sacrifice,
Thine only sacred Self I plead with Thee:
Make Thou it well for them and well for me
That Thou hast given us souls and wills and breath,
And hearts to love Thee, and to see Thee eyes.





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