Tongues of Fire: An Anthology of Religious and Poetic ExperienceKaren Armstrong |
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... flame to the flame then , tower from the grace to the grace . IV I am soft sift In an hourglass - at the wall Fast , but mined with a motion , a drift , And it crowds and it combs to the fall ; I steady as a water in a well , to a poise ...
... flame to the flame then , tower from the grace to the grace . IV I am soft sift In an hourglass - at the wall Fast , but mined with a motion , a drift , And it crowds and it combs to the fall ; I steady as a water in a well , to a poise ...
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... flame ! Depart not as thy shadow came , Depart not - lest the grave should be , Like life and fear , a dark reality . While yet a boy I sought for ghosts , and sped Through many a listening chamber , cave and ruin , And starlight wood ...
... flame ! Depart not as thy shadow came , Depart not - lest the grave should be , Like life and fear , a dark reality . While yet a boy I sought for ghosts , and sped Through many a listening chamber , cave and ruin , And starlight wood ...
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... flames of Hell 41 As I in hoary winter's night stood shivering in the snow 270 As I walked over the western plain 290 ... flame 236 Happy those early days ! when I 315 He thought he kept the universe alone 211 ..he , who in his youth 103 ...
... flames of Hell 41 As I in hoary winter's night stood shivering in the snow 270 As I walked over the western plain 290 ... flame 236 Happy those early days ! when I 315 He thought he kept the universe alone 211 ..he , who in his youth 103 ...
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