Tongues of Fire: An Anthology of Religious and Poetic ExperienceKaren Armstrong |
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... face , God replied : ' No man can see my face and live . ' A Jewish mystic never would presume to know God , the En Sof , or even to attain to union with him , and indeed Judaism is for this very reason more a religion of practice than ...
... face , God replied : ' No man can see my face and live . ' A Jewish mystic never would presume to know God , the En Sof , or even to attain to union with him , and indeed Judaism is for this very reason more a religion of practice than ...
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... face to face , O how shall I appear ? If yet , while pardon may be found , And mercy may be sought , My heart with inward horror shrinks , And trembles at the thought ; When thou , O Lord , shalt stand disclosed In majesty severe , And ...
... face to face , O how shall I appear ? If yet , while pardon may be found , And mercy may be sought , My heart with inward horror shrinks , And trembles at the thought ; When thou , O Lord , shalt stand disclosed In majesty severe , And ...
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... face to face , I see thee face to face , and live : In vain I have not wept , and strove , Thy nature and thy name is Love . I know thee , Saviour , who thou art , 191 WISE PASSIVENESS.
... face to face , I see thee face to face , and live : In vain I have not wept , and strove , Thy nature and thy name is Love . I know thee , Saviour , who thou art , 191 WISE PASSIVENESS.
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