Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.
By The Rivulet (1871). VI. “O, break my heart”Thomas Toke Lynch (1818–1871)
O,
Is by the plough up-broken for the corn:
O, break it as the buds, by green leaf sealed,
Are, to unloose the golden blossom, torn:
Love would I offer unto love’s great Master,
Set free the odour, break the alabaster.
That life’s eternal well may flash abroad:
O, let it break as when the captive trees,
Breaking cold bonds, regain their liberties:
And as thought’s sacred grove to life is springing,
Be joys, like birds, their hope Thy victory singing.