My worthiness is all my doubt,
His merit all my fear,
Contrasting which, my qualities
Do lowlier appear;

Lest I should insufficient prove
For his beloved need,
The chiefest apprehension
Within my loving creed.

So I, the undivine abode
Of his elect content,
Conform my soul as ‘t were a church
Unto her sacrament.

– LOVE’S HUMILITY – My worthiness is all my doubt by Emily Dickinson

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