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elizabeth maconchy - a hymne to christ lyrics

in what torne ship soever i embarke
that ship shall be my embleme of thy arke;
what sea soever swallow mee, that flood
shall be to mee an embleme of thy blood;
though thou with clouds of anger do disguise
thy face; yet through that maske i know those eyes
which, though they turne away sometimes
they never will despise

i sacrifice this iland unto thee
and all whom i lov’d there, and who lov’d mee;
when i have put our seas twixt them and mee
put thou thy sea bеtwixt my sinnes and thee
as the trees sap doth seeke thе root below
in winter, in my winter now i goe
where none but thee, th’eternall root
of true love i may know
nor thou nor thy religion dost controule
the amorousnesse of an harmonious soule
but thou would’st have that love thy selfe: as thou
art jealous, lord, so i am jealous now
thou lov’st not, till from loving more, thou free
my soule: who ever gives, takes libertie:
o, if thou car’st not whom i love
alas, thou lov’st not mee

seale then this bill of my divorce to all
on whom those fainter beames of love did fall;
marry those loves, which in youth scattered bee
on fame, wit, hopes (false mistresses) to thee
churches are best for prayer, that have least light:
to see god only, i goe out of sight:
and to scape stormy dayes, i chuse
an everlasting night

- elizabeth maconchy lyrics

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