by revd | Apr 11, 2022 | Glory
The soul that rises with us, our life’s star, Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from afar: Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God who is our home: Heaven lies about us in our infancy!...
by revd | Apr 11, 2022 | Glory
Fancy next her office holds but know that in the soul are many lesser faculties, that serve reason as chief. Among these fancy next her office holds; of all external things, which the five watchful senses represent, she forms imaginations, aery shapes, which reason,...
by revd | Apr 11, 2022 | Glory
O let my soul, whose keys I must deliver Into the hands of senseless dreams, Which knowing thee, suck in thy beams And wake with thee for ever. George Herbert (1593-1633).
by revd | Apr 11, 2022 | Glory
Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all...
by revd | Apr 11, 2022 | Glory
Gotten past the day I will give thanks, O Lord. The evening draweth nigh: Make it bright. There is an evening, as of the Day, so also life; The evening of life is old age: Old age hath overtaken Me: make it bright. Abide with me, O Lord, For even now it is towards...
