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Song #2.

Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)

Have I not touched thy spirit?
Have I not heard it sing?
And can my love inherit
A purer, sweeter thing?
Alas! I am so earthy,
Yet e'en God's love might be
Less dear to thee, less worthy
Than my humanity.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABABCCCC
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 205
Words 43
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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Robert Crawford

Robert Crawford FRSE FBA is a Scottish poet, scholar and critic. He is currently Professor of English at the University of St Andrews.  more…

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