Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917.
Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton (1809–1885)90. From ‘Ghazeles’
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Soul, once living, lives for ever;
Blame not what is only once,
When that once endures for ever;
Love, once felt, though soon forgot,
Moulds the heart to good for ever;
Once betrayed from childly faith,
Man is conscious man for ever;
Once the void of life revealed,
It must deepen on for ever,
Unless God fill up the heart
With Himself for once and ever:
Once made God and man at once,
God and man are one for ever.