Book I, 64: On Faith, Love, and Charity

By nature Faith is fiery, and it tends
Still upward: Love, by native course, descends:
But Charity, whose nature doth confound
And mixe the former two, moves ever round:
Lord, let thy Love descend, and then the Fire
Of sprightly Faith shall kindle, and aspire:
O, then, my circling Charity shall move
In proper motion, mixt of Faith and Love.