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Hymns Of Ter Steegen And Others Second Series by Frances Bevan

THE GIFT

|There came no more such abundance of spices as those which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.| -- 1 Kings x.10.

Mechthild of Hellfde, 1277.

tr., Emma Frances Bevan, 1899

|What dost thou bring me, O my Queen?

Love maketh thy steps to fly.|

Lord, to Thee my jewel I bring,

Greater than mountains high;

Broader than all the earth's broad lands,

Heavier than the ocean sands,

And higher it is than the sky:

Deeper it is than the depths of the sea,

And fairer than the sun,

Unreckoned, as if the stars could be

All gathered into one.

|O thou My Godhead's image fair,

Thou Eve from Adam framed,

My flesh, My bone, My life to share,

My Spirit's diadem to wear,

How is thy jewel named?|

Lord, it is called my heart's desire,

From the world's enchantments won;

I have borne it afar through flood and fire

And will yield it up to none;

But the burden I can bear no more --

Where shall I lay it up in store?

|There is no treasure-house but this,

My heart divine, My Manhood's breast;

There shall My Spirit's sacred kiss

Fill thee with rest.|

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