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6              Poems by Mary Baker Eddy

  	                       LOVE 

 1	    BROOD o'er us with Thy shelt'ring
  	        wing,
 3	      'Neath which our spirits blend
  	    Like brother birds, that soar and
  	        sing,
 6	      And on the same branch bend. 
  	    The arrow that doth wound the dove
  	    Darts not from those who watch and love. 

 9	    If thou the bending reed wouldst break
  	      By thought or word unkind,
  	    Pray that his spirit you partake,
12	      Who loved and healed mankind:
  	    Seek holy thoughts and heavenly strain,
  	    That make men one in love remain. 

15	    Learn, too, that wisdom's rod is given
  	      For faith to kiss, and know;
  	    That greetings glorious from high heaven,
18	      Whence joys supernal flow,
  	    Come from that Love, divinely near,
  	    Which chastens pride and earth-born fear,

 
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 1	    Through God, who gave that word of might
  	      Which swelled creation's lay:
 3	    "Let there be light, and there was light." 
  	      What chased the clouds away? 
  	    'Twas Love whose finger traced aloud
 6	    A bow of promise on the cloud. 

  	    Thou to whose power our hope we give,
  	      Free us from human strife. 
 9	    Fed by Thy love divine we live,
  	      For Love alone is Life;
  	    And life most sweet, as heart to heart
12	    Speaks kindly when we meet and part.