| Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917. |
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| 185. A New Hymn for Solitude |
| By Edward Dowden (1843–1913) |
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| I FOUND Thee in my heart, O Lord, | |
| As in some secret shrine; | |
| I knelt, I waited for Thy word, | |
| I joyed to name Thee mine. | |
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| I feared to give myself away | 5 |
| To that or this; beside | |
| Thy altar on my face I lay, | |
| And in strong need I cried. | |
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| Those hours are past. Thou art not mine, | |
| And therefore I rejoice, | 10 |
| I wait within no holy shrine, | |
| I faint not for the voice. | |
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| In Thee we live; and every wind | |
| Of heaven is Thine; blown free | |
| To west, to east, the God unshrined | 15 |
| Is still discovering me. | |
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