Rose of the presence mystical Blossom a fire in my heart, Leap up, O Flame, consume the past That I your splendour's counterpart
With all my ignorance unrobed Bare to the very bones of me, Protecting thorns to fall away, Revealed your perfumed mystery,
Your beauty vying with the dawn In rainbows of perfection's hues Shed delight in prayerful hands No longer beauty to misuse
By careless touch and straying eyes But drink the draughts of Paradise.
Poems Undated (1727)
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