23.07.2007, 08:34
BODY AND SOUL. I.
O THOU my Love, love first my lonely soul!
Then will this too unworthy body of mine
Be loved by right and accident divine.
Forget the flesh, that the pure spirit's goal
May be the spirit; let that stand the whole
Of the thing thou lov'st in me. So will the shine
Of sharp soul striking soul make fair and fine
This earthy tenement. Thou shalt extol
The inner, that the outer lovelier seem.
Remember well that thy true love doth fear
No deadlier foe than the impassioned dream
Would drive thee to him, and would hold thee near
Near to the body, not the soul of him.
Love first my soul and then both will be dear.
O THOU my Love, love first my lonely soul!
Then will this too unworthy body of mine
Be loved by right and accident divine.
Forget the flesh, that the pure spirit's goal
May be the spirit; let that stand the whole
Of the thing thou lov'st in me. So will the shine
Of sharp soul striking soul make fair and fine
This earthy tenement. Thou shalt extol
The inner, that the outer lovelier seem.
Remember well that thy true love doth fear
No deadlier foe than the impassioned dream
Would drive thee to him, and would hold thee near
Near to the body, not the soul of him.
Love first my soul and then both will be dear.