Tongues of Fire: An Anthology of Religious and Poetic ExperienceKaren Armstrong |
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... Cloud of Unknowing defines this darkness : When you first begin , you find only darkness , and , as it were , a cloud of unknowing . You don't know what this means except that in your will you feel a simple steadfast intention ...
... Cloud of Unknowing defines this darkness : When you first begin , you find only darkness , and , as it were , a cloud of unknowing . You don't know what this means except that in your will you feel a simple steadfast intention ...
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... cloud of unknowing with a sharp dart of longing love , and on no account whatever think of giving up . ( Cloud , VI ) Everything that can be thought about has to be left on one side ' . Indeed , these pious and comforting thoughts about ...
... cloud of unknowing with a sharp dart of longing love , and on no account whatever think of giving up . ( Cloud , VI ) Everything that can be thought about has to be left on one side ' . Indeed , these pious and comforting thoughts about ...
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... clouds To fertilise the whole Egyptian plain . The melancholy slackening that ensued Upon those tidings by the peasant given Was soon dislodged . Downwards we hurried fast , And with the half - shaped road which we had missed , Entered ...
... clouds To fertilise the whole Egyptian plain . The melancholy slackening that ensued Upon those tidings by the peasant given Was soon dislodged . Downwards we hurried fast , And with the half - shaped road which we had missed , Entered ...
Contents
Genesis | 20 |
From The Rime of the Ancient Mariner | 38 |
Heal me my | 40 |
Copyright | |
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beauty beloved birds breath Camelot canst CHARLES CAUSLEY Christ Christian comfort CZESLAW MILOSZ D. H. LAWRENCE dark David Goldstein death divine doth dream earth ecstasy eternal eyes face fear feel fire flame GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS glory green hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven holy Hopkins Lady of Shalott light live look Lord meditation mind moon MOSES IBN EZRA mysterious mystic nature never night o'er pain Paradise peace Penguin Peter Levi poem poet poetic poetry prayer pure R. A. Nicholson R. S. THOMAS reality religion religious experience rose round sense shadow shine sight silence sing sleep solitude SOLOMON IBN GABIROL song soul speak spirit stars Sufi sweet tell thee things thou art thought thro tongue Transcending translated by David tree vision vocation voice WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings Wordsworth