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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOD KEEP A PURE LOVE BURNING, by ELMA SCHEEL First Line: God, keep a pure love burning in my heart Last Line: But this. Subject(s): God; Love; Prayer; Self | |||
God, keep a pure love burning in my heart Through all the years. Purge it with sorrow or grief, or cleanse it With tears If you will but all the little things I pray, That guard the fire, long-lighted, keep remembered Each day. God, keep a fresh breeze stirring in my heart To fan the flame; A sweet, clean breeze from hilltops where no dross Can ever claim A share in the fire, nor tarnish the hearth Where it glows. Keep it a chaste breeze, pregnant with faith As it blows. Scourge from my heart any hate that creeps in Then turn the key In the lock ... Light up dim shadows that I Ever may see Dear jeweled treasures a cherished word A kiss God, keep a pure love burning ... I ask But this. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CAPELLA by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA AFTER LOOKING UP INTO ONE TOO MANY CAMERAS by HICOK. BOB FOR A TALL HEADSTONE by JOHN HOLLANDER SELF-EMPLOYED by DAVID IGNATOW |
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