RECOGNITION
RECOGNITION
ByHim Who made you sweetAnd set your eyes so wide,Who suffered us to meetDespite of woman’s pride,And willed that we should know,Despite of man’s gross sense,The wonder and dawn-glowOf Love’s omnipotence,—By all of this I swear,And by God’s self I vow,We have met (I know not how)Loving (I know not where):Perhaps in heaven above,Perhaps in deep perdition.And so this present loveIs but a recognition.
ByHim Who made you sweetAnd set your eyes so wide,Who suffered us to meetDespite of woman’s pride,And willed that we should know,Despite of man’s gross sense,The wonder and dawn-glowOf Love’s omnipotence,—By all of this I swear,And by God’s self I vow,We have met (I know not how)Loving (I know not where):Perhaps in heaven above,Perhaps in deep perdition.And so this present loveIs but a recognition.
ByHim Who made you sweetAnd set your eyes so wide,Who suffered us to meetDespite of woman’s pride,
ByHim Who made you sweet
And set your eyes so wide,
Who suffered us to meet
Despite of woman’s pride,
And willed that we should know,Despite of man’s gross sense,The wonder and dawn-glowOf Love’s omnipotence,—
And willed that we should know,
Despite of man’s gross sense,
The wonder and dawn-glow
Of Love’s omnipotence,—
By all of this I swear,And by God’s self I vow,We have met (I know not how)Loving (I know not where):
By all of this I swear,
And by God’s self I vow,
We have met (I know not how)
Loving (I know not where):
Perhaps in heaven above,Perhaps in deep perdition.And so this present loveIs but a recognition.
Perhaps in heaven above,
Perhaps in deep perdition.
And so this present love
Is but a recognition.