1898 · CLOSE READING
Songs of the Spirit
Songs of the Spirit (1898), PDF p. 94
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These press upon my lips
What lips of flame
To burn me, unless slips
Some cooler kiss, from shame
Washed clean by God’s desire,
To save me from their fire—
Those kiss me and respire
The perfume of the Name.
Remorse and terror banished
By pitying lovers,
Who from my eyes have vanished,
(The Lidless Eye discovers),
Repenting souls that turn,
Whose hearts with pity burn
For me, who now discern
Their love around me hovers.
Their love wards from my head
The furious hate
Of those loves doubly dead
That may not pass the gate :
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