by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
I found Him not in world or sun, Or eagle’s wing, or insect’s eye; Nor through the questions men may try, The pretty cobwebs we have spun…. Love is and was my Lord and King, And in his presence I attend To hear the tidings of my friend, Which every hour his...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
I fled him down the nights and down the days. I fled him down the arches of the years; I fled him down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind; and, in the midst of tears I hid from him, and under running laughter. Up vistaed slopes I sped; And shot precipitated, Adown...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
No not to us, O Lord! The praise or glory be Of any deed or word; For in thy judgement lies To crown or bring to nought All knowledge or device That man has reached or wrought. And we confess our blame – How all too high we hold That noise which men call fame, That...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
He makes the dust to rise from the earth with his swagger; He adds his loud voice to every word that I utter; He is my own little self, my Lord, he knows no shame; But I am ashamed to come to thy door in his company. Rabindranath Tagore...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
All monsters of the deserts, all demons of darkness are here again. Once again people stand face to face with chaos: and what makes it so much more terrible is the fact that the majority do not comprehend what is at hand. For everywhere scientifically informed people...