Tongues of Fire: An Anthology of Religious and Poetic ExperienceKaren Armstrong |
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... fire . O happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring of love gushed from my heart , And I blessed them unaware : Sure my kind saint took pity on me , And I blessed them unaware . The self - same moment I could ...
... fire . O happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring of love gushed from my heart , And I blessed them unaware : Sure my kind saint took pity on me , And I blessed them unaware . The self - same moment I could ...
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... fire its gold , Purge thou its dross away Yea , hold it in Thy hold , - Whence none can pluck it out . I take my heart in my hand- I shall not die , but live Before Thy face I stand ; - I , for Thou callest such : All that I have I ...
... fire its gold , Purge thou its dross away Yea , hold it in Thy hold , - Whence none can pluck it out . I take my heart in my hand- I shall not die , but live Before Thy face I stand ; - I , for Thou callest such : All that I have I ...
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... fire or of foam , I am shaped not of dust or of dew . I was born not in China afar , not in Saksín and not in Bulghár ; ! Not in India , where five rivers are , 258 TONGUES OF FIRE 'Mortal never won to view thee' HAFIZ 'Lo, for I to ...
... fire or of foam , I am shaped not of dust or of dew . I was born not in China afar , not in Saksín and not in Bulghár ; ! Not in India , where five rivers are , 258 TONGUES OF FIRE 'Mortal never won to view thee' HAFIZ 'Lo, for I to ...
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