Beloved, this the heart I offer thee <br />Is purified from old idolatry, <br />From outworn hopes, and from the lingering stain <br />Of passion's dregs, by penitential pain. <br /> <br />Take thou it, then, and fill it up for me <br />With thine unstinted love, and it shall be <br />An earthy chalice that is made divine <br />By its red draught of sacramental wine.<br /><br />Lucy Maud Montgomery<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-s-prayer/
