Abandonment
(By St. Therese)
Abandoned and alone,
I seek Thine arms, O Love.
Thou shalt Thy life bestow
With Bread from realms above.
Surrendering all to Thee,
In strength of love divine,
My heart shall know no wish,
Save that Thine eyse seek mine.
Then, sleeping on Thy Heart,
I smile forevermore,
And tender words of love
I whisper o'er and o'er.
All creatures may depart,
And leave me lonely here;
I live without desire,
If, Jesus, Thou art near.
And if Thou leave me too,
O my one Pearl Divine,
Without e'en one caress,
Then shall Thy joy be mine!
In peace my heart shall wait
Thy coming from above,
And I shall charm Thy Heart
With sweet refrains of love.
NIHIL OBSTAT
P. L. Biermann
Librorum Censor
IMPRIMATUR
✠George Cardinal Mundelein, D.D.
Archiepiscopus Chicagiensis
