Traditional Anglican priest and military chaplain.
When I was in high school and had to compile a notebook of poetry, both original and previously published, I ran across the following verse by Robert Frost in a volume of poems. This is from his poem “In Time of Cloudburst.”
May my application so close
To so endless a repetition
Not make me tired and [...]
My God, I love Thee;
Not because I hope for heaven thereby,
Nor yet because who love Thee not must die eternally.
Thou, O my Jesus, Thou didst me upon the cross embrace;
For me didst bear the nails and spear, and manifold disgrace.
Why, then why, O blessed Jesus Christ, should I not love Thee well?
Not for the hope [...]