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Immortal Love, Forever Full

By John Greenleaf Whittier

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Immortal love, forever full,     Forever flowing free,     Forever shared, forever whole,     A never ebbing sea!     Our outward lips confess the name     All other names above;     Love only knoweth whence it came,     And comprehendeth love.     Blow, winds of God, awake and blow     The mists of earth away:     Shine out, O Light divine, and show     How wide and far we stray.     We may not climb the heavenly steeps     To bring the Lord Christ down;     In vain we search the lowest deeps,     For Him no depths can drown.     But warm, sweet, tender, even yet,     A present help is He;     And faith still has its Olivet,     And love its Galilee.     The healing of His seamless dress     Is by our beds of pain;     We touch Him in lifes throng and press,     And we are whole again.     Through Him the first fond prayers are said     Our lips of childhood frame,     The last low whispers of our dead     Are burdened with His Name.     O Lord and Master of us all,     Whateer our name or sign,     We own Thy sway, we hear Thy call,     We test our lives by Thine.     The letter fails, the systems fall,     And every symbol wanes;     The Spirit over brooding all,     Eternal Love remains

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About John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) was an American Quaker poet and abolitionist whose poems—including "Snow-Bound" and "Barbara Frietchie"—celebrate New England life and moral courage. He was one of the Fireside Poets and a leading voice against slavery.

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