Tongues of Fire: An Anthology of Religious and Poetic ExperienceKaren Armstrong |
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... mystery of words : There , darkness makes abode , and all the host Of shadowy things work endless changes , - there , As in a mansion like their proper home , Even forms and substances are circumfused By that transparent veil with light ...
... mystery of words : There , darkness makes abode , and all the host Of shadowy things work endless changes , - there , As in a mansion like their proper home , Even forms and substances are circumfused By that transparent veil with light ...
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... mystery . II Spirit of BEAUTY , that dost consecrate - With thine own hues all thou dost shine upon Of human thought or form , - where art thou gone ? Why dost thou pass away and leave our state , This dim vast vale of tears , vacant ...
... mystery . II Spirit of BEAUTY , that dost consecrate - With thine own hues all thou dost shine upon Of human thought or form , - where art thou gone ? Why dost thou pass away and leave our state , This dim vast vale of tears , vacant ...
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... the altar high , ' Lo ! what a fiend is here ! ' said he , ' One who sets reason up for judge ' Of our most holy Mystery . ' The weeping child could not be heard , The weeping 251 THE MEDDLING INTELLECT A Little Boy Lost WILLIAM BLAKE.
... the altar high , ' Lo ! what a fiend is here ! ' said he , ' One who sets reason up for judge ' Of our most holy Mystery . ' The weeping child could not be heard , The weeping 251 THE MEDDLING INTELLECT A Little Boy Lost WILLIAM BLAKE.
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