Religion
Love's Mendicant
From The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse, ed. D. H. S. Nicholson and A. H. E. Lee (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1917)
Religion
What do I want of thee?
No gift of smile or tear
Nor casual company,
But in still speech to me
Only thy heart to hear.
Others contentedly
Go lonely here and there;
I cannot pass thee by,
Love's Mendicant am I
Who meet thee everywhere.
No merchandise I make;
Thou mayst not give to me
The counterfeits they take.
I claim Him for Love's sake,
The Hidden One in thee.
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MLA
Mitchell, Susan L. “Love's Mendicant.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/mitchell_s/2/.
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Mitchell, Susan L. “Love's Mendicant.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/mitchell_s/2/.
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