Poems (Tynan)/Greater Love

by Katharine Tynan

GREATER LOVE

There is but one sweet Love, one Love unroving,
 Truer than mine may be;
One constant Love beyond all mortal loving,
 Greater than yours for me.

Therefore unto that Love I do commend you,
 So that when mine shall fail
That love unfailing may wrap round, befriend you,
 That sea of love prevail.

So that when my poor love is but remembered
 As some sweet thing foregone,
That love may fill you full with sweets unnumbered,
 And leave you not alone.

O Love eternal. Love supernal, keep him
 If haply I should go;
In all Love's raptures, Love's rewardings, steep him,
 Yea, pay him all I owe!