Tongues of Fire: An Anthology of Religious and Poetic ExperienceKaren Armstrong |
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... deep did rot : O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea , slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea . About , about , in reel and rout The death - fires danced at night ; The water , like a witch's oils , Burnt green , and ...
... deep did rot : O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea , slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea . About , about , in reel and rout The death - fires danced at night ; The water , like a witch's oils , Burnt green , and ...
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... deep ; A warmth within the breast would melt The freezing reason's colder part , And like a man in wrath the heart Stood up and answer'd ' I have felt . ' No , like a child in doubt and fear : But that blind clamour made me wise ; Then ...
... deep ; A warmth within the breast would melt The freezing reason's colder part , And like a man in wrath the heart Stood up and answer'd ' I have felt . ' No , like a child in doubt and fear : But that blind clamour made me wise ; Then ...
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... deep , Haunted for ever by the eternal mind , - Mighty Prophet ! Seer blest ! On whom those truths do rest , Which we are toiling all our lives to find , In darkness lost , the darkness of the grave ; Thou , over whom thy Immortality ...
... deep , Haunted for ever by the eternal mind , - Mighty Prophet ! Seer blest ! On whom those truths do rest , Which we are toiling all our lives to find , In darkness lost , the darkness of the grave ; Thou , over whom thy Immortality ...
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