My Spouse! in whose presence I live, <br />Sole object of all my desires, <br />Who know'st what a flame I conceive, <br />And canst easily double its fires! <br />How pleasant is all that I meet! <br />From fear of adversity free, <br />I find even sorrow made sweet; <br />Because 'tis assigned me by thee. <br />Transported I see thee display <br />Thy riches and glory divine; <br />I have only my life to repay, <br />Take what I would gladly resign. <br />Thy will is the treasure I seek, <br />For thou art as faithful as strong; <br />There let me, obedient and meek, <br />Repose myself all the day long. <br />My spirit and faculties fail; <br />Oh, finish what love has begun! <br />Destroy what is sinful and frail, <br />And dwell in the soul thou hast won! <br />Dear theme of my wonder and praise, <br />I cry, who is worthy as thou? <br />I can only be silent and gaze! <br />'Tis all that is left to me now. <br />Oh, glory in which I am lost, <br />Too deep for the plummet of thought; <br />On an ocean of Deity tossed, <br />I am swallowed, I sink into nought. <br />Yet, lost and absorbed as I seem, <br />I chant to the praise of my King; <br />And, though overwhelmed by the theme, <br />Am happy whenever I sing.<br /><br />William Cowper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/aspirations-of-the-soul-after-god/
