Tuesday, December 12, 2017

My Gift: A Pair of Quotations

What can I give Him,
Poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd
I would bring a lamb,
If I were a wise man
I would do my part, --
Yet what I can I give Him,
Give my heart.

-- Christina G. Rossetti, 1872


"Give me thy heart," says the Saviour of men,
Calling in mercy again and again;
"Turn now from sin, and from evil depart,
Have I not died for thee? give me thy heart."

"Give me thy heart, give me thy heart,"
Hear the soft whisper, wherever thou art:
From this dark world He would draw thee apart;
Speaking so tenderly, "Give me thy heart."

-- Eliza E. Hewitt, 1926

No comments:

Post a Comment

Each comment on a post on this blog must be relevant to that post. Your comments should always be gracious and, if possible, sprinkled with insight.