Heartfelt Sigh
on how
properly to try one’s heart
Heart of Jesus,
to what trial
Am I to subject
my heart?
What stern test
or firm denial
Can make thee
seek me apart?
Fire and water
are too ghastly,
Trial by them let
me forgo!
They torment
the soul, and lastly
Shorten life’s
path here below!
While, O Jesus,
thou hast embers
Fanned by
spirit’s mighty fire,
Plunge them in
my heart’s both chambers
And burn out my
sweet desire!
Ladle tears from
my heart’s ewer
Into my eye’s
penance-pail,
Try my heart, mouth,
tongue, so truer
Fire and water then avail.
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