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ADORATION, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I love my god, but with no love of mine
Last Line: Our source, our centre, and our dwelling-place!
Alternate Author Name(s): Guion, De La Mothe; Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvieres De La Mothe; Guyon Du Chesnoy
Variant Title(s): By Thy Life I Live
Subject(s): God; Jews; Religion; Judaism; Theology


I LOVE my God, but with no love of mine,
For I have none to give;
I love thee, Lord, but all the love is thine,
For by thy life I live.
I am as nothing, and rejoice to be
Emptied and lost and swallowed up in thee.
Thou, Lord, alone art all thy children need,
And there is none beside;
From thee the streams of blessedness proceed;
In thee the blest abide.
Fountain of life, and all-abounding grace,
Our source, our centre, and our dwelling-place!





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