… That you own her? That God belongs to you, and to you alone? … That would be as like laying claim to the very clouds in the sky, Indeed, that would be as to preen above all and proclaim that you command the breeze itself, Verily, and further then boast that you are also…
… Go with grace, on all roads, on all paths ; straight, true, diverse, or arduous. Go with grace, and you may know her still. • *Oculi omnium in te aspiciunt et in te sperant, Deus. Tu das illis escam tempore opportuno. Aperis tu manus, et imples omne animal benedictione tua. Benedic nobis, Domine, et…
… In swirling winds she dances, by and by, through most of her days, A beauty, unmatched, in suitors the same,the sparrow, the hawk, the vole, now, even the rain She’s mine!, All mine!, She’s mine!, they each proclaim, be off now, begone, all her, all she, all golden, e’en thicket and pain But hold…
… Just as the bee without the flower would be as gormless gnat. Just as the painter without beauty would be joyless, a husk. Just as beauty without the painter would be as withered of heart. Just as all without God would be as a wilderness, lost. Just as God without all would be as…
… For lest you know it not, and one day you should awake from out of that darkest of slumbers, and be astonished, and be warmed by the light of her love, as you hear her say unto you: But did you not know of it? Did you not know of it already? That I…
… If that be what you seek, what you hold in value, what you hold most precious. If that be your currency, your coin, your bargain. Tell me, what power, what glory, what might, what strength, what wonder, is like unto hers? Unto God? Think on that. Think on that, and you may yet come…
…. Lest this as warning you mock and not heed, A reckoning to come, your downfall, as sure as God’s speed, For even in evil you seek, and plot, and scheme, my body to break, As tip of her spear, Godly and tempered, never, never, never, shall you my spirit take. • The Cathedral Church…
…. All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless…
…. What be it that you crave for most? For if that be of what is pure, For if that be of what she gives in cure, For if that be of those who seek, and not endure Then drink I say to thee, drink, Drink from her well, drink, Drink from her waters as…
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