Preparatory Meditations - First Series: 1
Edward Taylor 1642 (Coventry) – 1729
What love is this of Thine that cannot be
In Thine infinity, O Lord, confined,
Unless it in Thy very person see
Infinity and finity conjoined?
What hath Thy godhead, as not satisfied,
Married our manhood, making it its bride?
Oh matchless love! Filling heaven to the brim!
O'errunning it: all running o'er beside
This world! Nay, overflowing hell; wherein
For Thine elect there rose a mighty tide!
That there our veins might through Thy person bleed,
To quench those flames that else would on us feed.
Oh! that Thy love might overflow my heart!
To fire the same with love: for love I would.
But oh! my straitened breast! my lifeless spark!
My fireless flame! What chilly love, and cold?
In measure small! In manner chilly! See.
Lord, blow the coal: Thy love enflame in me.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 763 |
Words | 139 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
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