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Be Thou in Suffering a Lamb, a Dove, and a Bride.

From: Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde: Extracts From the Book of Matilda of Magdeburg By: Frances A. Bevan

Thou art My Lamb in patience dumb,

My Dove in sighing for Me,

My Bride in waiting till I shall come

In the day that is to be.

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Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde: Extracts From the Book of Matilda of Magdeburg

• Be Thou in Suffering a Lamb, a Dove, and a Bride.

• Book and Its Origin., The

• Cloister of Hellfde, The

• Complaint of the Loving Soul, and the Answer of God., The

• Dark Side of Hellfde., The

• Echo of the Book., The

• End of the Journey., The

• Fivefold Song of the Soul to God, and How God Is a Robe of the Soul, and the Soul a Robe of God., A

• Four Things That Belong to Faith.

• From a Friend to a Friend.

• Gertrude Von Hackeborn.

• Gleanings from Matilda's Book.

• God Asks the Soul What She Brings, and She Answereth.

• God's Fivefold Comparing of the Soul.

• God's Sixfold Delight in the Soul.

• Great Sorrow., The

• How God Comes into the Soul.

• How God Speaks to the Soul in Three Places.

• How Love Was Seen with Her Hand-Maidens — a Parable.

• How the Bride Casts Away the Solace of Created Things, and Seeks Only the Comfort of God.

• How the Soul Praises God for Seven Things, and God Praiseth the Soul Who Loves Him.

• How the Soul Receiveth God, and How God Receiveth the Soul.

• Journey Through the Wilderness., The

• Journey to Eternal Peace., The

• Knowledge and Enjoyment.

• Labor of the Lord., The

• Last Poem., The

• Love unto Death; Love Immeasurable; Love Eternal.

• Matilda and Dante.