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“Chief grace below, and all in all above!” What shall I call thee? Charity or Love? Thy name is bliss; for let but grace remove The Serpent, Selfishness, and lo! the Dove, Cover’d with silver wings, or plumes of gold, Enters the rescued heart, and keeps her hold: Then love to God on high, good will to men, With all the gentle virtues in their train, Flourish together, and together prove That bliss is but another name for Love! Blest affluence of that bright flame that glows Amid the Seraphim, “in burning rows,” Fill my whole soul! since who has most of Love, Knows most of Heaven, and of the joys above.
“Chief grace below, and all in all above!” What shall I call thee? Charity or Love? Thy name is bliss; for let but grace remove The Serpent, Selfishness, and lo! the Dove, Cover’d with silver wings, or plumes of gold, Enters the rescued heart, and keeps her hold: Then love to God on high, good will to men, With all the gentle virtues in their train, Flourish together, and together prove That bliss is but another name for Love! Blest affluence of that bright flame that glows Amid the Seraphim, “in burning rows,” Fill my whole soul! since who has most of Love, Knows most of Heaven, and of the joys above.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Mary Milner (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 110 · printed citation: Mary Milner · subject: CHARITY
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