They have brought gold and spices to my King, Incense and precious stuffs and ivory; O holy Mother mine, what can I bring That so my Lord may deign to look on me? They sing a sweeter song than I can sing, All crowned and glorified exceedingly: I, bound on earth, weep for my trespassing,–Continue reading “All Saints”
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Symbols
I watched a rosebud very long Brought on by dew and sun and shower, Waiting to see the perfect flower : Then, when I thought it should be strong, It opened at the matin hour And fell at evensong. I watched a nest from day to day A green nest full of pleasant shade, WhereinContinue reading “Symbols”
The Greatest of these is Charity
A moon impoverished amid stars curtailed, A sun of its exuberant lustre shorn, A transient morning that is scarcely morn, A lingering night in double dimness veiled.— Our hands are slackened and our strength has failed; We born to darkness, wherefore were we born? No ripening more for olive, grape, or corn ; Faith faints,Continue reading “The Greatest of these is Charity”
Divinity
As men, for fear the stars should sleep and nod And trip at night, have spheres suppli’d; As if a star were duller than a clod, Which knows his way without a guide: Just so the other heav’n they also serve, Divinity’s transcendent sky: Which with the edge of wit they cut and carve. ReasonContinue reading “Divinity”
Pre-Raphaelite Art
I have only just become aware that The Delaware Art Musem has placed online a site which very nearly renders me speechless (or typingless, to be sure): The Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Collection of Pre-Raphaelite Art. The collection houses the largest collection of Pre-Raphaelite art outside of England, but art in its widest sense,Continue reading “Pre-Raphaelite Art”
On Keats
A garden in a garden : a green spot Where all is green : most fitting slumber-place For the strong man grown weary of a race Soon over. Unto him a goodly lot Hath fallen in fertile ground ; there thorns are not, But his own daisies ; silence, full of grace, Surely hath shedContinue reading “On Keats”
Sursum Corda
‘Lift up your hearts’ ‘We lift them up.’ Ah me! I cannot, Lord, lift up my heart to Thee : Stoop, lift it up, that where Thou art I too may be. ‘Give Me thy heart.’ I would not say Thee nay, But have no power to keep or give away My heart : stoop,Continue reading “Sursum Corda”
Symbols
I watched a rosebud very long Brought on by dew and sun and shower, Waiting to see the perfect flower : Then, when I thought it should be strong, It opened at the matin hour And fell at evensong. I watched a nest from day to day, A green nest full of pleasant shade, WhereinContinue reading “Symbols”
The Call
Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life: Such a Way, as gives us breath: Such a Truth, as ends all strife: And such a Life, as killeth death. Come, my Light, my Feast, my Strength: Such a Light, as shows a feast: Such a Feast, as mends in length: Such a Strength, as makes hisContinue reading “The Call”
Only one book saved!
I’ve been tagged again. This one involves this scenario: if your house were burning down (God forbid!) and you could only save one book, which would it be? Of course, there’s always this proviso these days “aside from the Bible.” But I very likely would grab one of my Bibles which was extremely expensive severalContinue reading “Only one book saved!”