| Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903. | | | | God’s Love and Man’s | | By Thomas Traherne (1637?–1674) |
| | | HE seeks for ours as we do seek for His; | |
| Nay, O my soul, ours is far more His bliss | |
| Than His is ours; at least it so doth seem | |
| Both in His own and our esteem. | |
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| His earnest love, His infinite desires, | 5 |
| His living, endless, and devouring fires, | |
| Do rage in thirst, and fervently require | |
| A love ’tis strange it should desire. | |
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| We cold and careless are, and scarcely think | |
| Upon the glorious spring whereat we drink. | 10 |
| Did He not love us we could be content: | |
| We wretches are indifferent! | |
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| ’Tis death, my soul, to be indifferent; | |
| Set forth thyself unto thy whole extent, | |
| And all the glory of His passion prize, | 15 |
| Who for thee lives, Who for thee dies. | | | | |
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