“And who saith, ‘I loved ONCE’?

Not angels, whose clear eyes love, love foresee,

Love through eternity,

Who by To Love do apprehend To Be.

Not God, called Love, his noble crown-name, casting

A light too broad for blasting!

The great God, changing not from everlasting,

Saith never, ‘I loved ONCE.’

“Nor ever the ‘Loved ONCE’

Dost THOU say, Victim-Christ, mispriséd friend!