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Barat House Back Patio

O God, I love Thee.
Not for heaven鈥檚 sake;
not to be out of hell by loving Thee;
not for any gains I see;
but just the way that Thou didst me
I do love and I will love Thee:
What must I love Thee, Lord, for then?
For being my king and God.
Amen.

Gerard Manley Hopkins