Love divine, all love excelling, Joy of heaven, to earth come down; Fix in us thy humble dwelling; All thy faithful mercies crown. Jesus, thou art all compassion, Pure, unbounded love thou art; Visit us with thy salvation, Enter every trembling heart. Breathe, O breathe thy loving spirit Into every troubled breast; Let us all in thee inherit, Let us find the promised rest; Take away the love of sinning, Alpha and Omega be, End of faith, as its beginning, Set our hearts at liberty. Come, Almighty to deliver, Let us all thy life receive; Suddenly return, and never, Nevermore thy temples leave. Thee we would be always blessing; Serve thee as thy hosts above; Pray, and praise thee without ceasing; Glory in they perfect love. Finish, then, thy new creation, Pure and spotless may we be; Let us see thy great salvation Perfectly restored in thee; Changed from glory into glory, Till in heaven we take our place: Till we cast our crowns before thee, Lost in wonder, love, and praise! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SUMMER SHOWER by EMILY DICKINSON THE PITY OF IT by THOMAS HARDY TO SIR HENRY CARY by BEN JONSON THE SPIRIT OF POETRY by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW IAMBICUM TRIMETRUM, FR. LETTER TO HARVEY by EDMUND SPENSER CHRISTMAS AT SEA by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER (BY A DISPLACED THREE-YEAR-OLD) by CHARLES FOLLEN ADAMS THE SONG OF THE ILL-BELOVED; TO PAUL LEAUTARD by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE |