Tongues of Fire: An Anthology of Religious and Poetic ExperienceKaren Armstrong |
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... eyes , his floating hair ! Weave a circle round him thrice , And close your eyes with holy dread , For he on honey - dew hath fed , And drunk the milk of Paradise . PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY From ' Alastor , or The Spirit of Solitude ...
... eyes , his floating hair ! Weave a circle round him thrice , And close your eyes with holy dread , For he on honey - dew hath fed , And drunk the milk of Paradise . PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY From ' Alastor , or The Spirit of Solitude ...
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... eyes and by the light of His face around me In all the eye discovered - only God I saw . Like a candle I was melting in his fire : Amidst the flames outlashing - only God I saw . Myself with mine own eyes I saw most clearly , But when I ...
... eyes and by the light of His face around me In all the eye discovered - only God I saw . Like a candle I was melting in his fire : Amidst the flames outlashing - only God I saw . Myself with mine own eyes I saw most clearly , But when I ...
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... eyes behold , ' Free from all pain , if wonder pain thee not . ' As near as an immortal's sphered words Could to a mother's soften , were these last : And yet I had a terror of her robes , And chiefly of the veils , that from her brow ...
... eyes behold , ' Free from all pain , if wonder pain thee not . ' As near as an immortal's sphered words Could to a mother's soften , were these last : And yet I had a terror of her robes , And chiefly of the veils , that from her brow ...
Contents
Genesis | 20 |
From The Rime of the Ancient Mariner | 38 |
Heal me my | 40 |
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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