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love, for thou art my sweetest and much-desired Good,
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thou my perennial peace and sweetness, thou the
sufficing portion of my soul. O thou most gentle, most
ravishing, most beloved Lord, thou art the life of my
soul, thou the jubilee of my heart, my God, my Love, the
chosen One of all my vows. I love thee, O my sweetness,
my joy, my delight; I love thee with all my soul and with
all my strength, but, alas, not as I ought, not as I would.
Would that I could love thee a thousand-fold more;
would that I could love thee with an infinite love! Pierce
my heart, O sweetest God, with the arrow of thy love,
and wound it with the languishing wound of thy
dilection. Grant that I may love thee, O Lord; for without
thee I cannot love thee. Oh, could I draw all created
hearts, and contain them all in my heart, with all their
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affections and their love, how would I love thee then, O
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my fairest Love! Oh, wouldst thou give me but for one
hour the glowing love of Seraphim, that I might be
inflamed with the ardour of that impetuous love and
enkindle it in every heart of men! And how great is my
grief that thou, my tender Love, art not loved! Alas, how
I mourn that thou, my sweet Love, art neglected and
despised, and above all that thou art so cruelly offended
and outraged! I condole with thee, O my God and my
Love, on all the injuries and insults which are heaped on
thee; and, were I able, I would most gladly make
reparation to thee for all the outrages and wrongs done
to thine honour; yea, for thy love I would gladly suffer to
my dying hour all the pangs of holy desire which the
heart of man hath suffered or shall suffer to the end of
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