Life is rounded with a sleep

Life is rounded with a sleep

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...
Old age: make it bright

Old age: make it bright

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...
Our Last Awakening

Our Last Awakening

Bring us, O Lord our God, At our last awakening Into the house and gate of heaven, to enter into that gate and dwell in that house, Where there shall be no darkness or dazzling, But one equal light: No noise or silence, but one equal music: No fears or hopes, But one...
Face to face

Face to face

I pray you, merciful Jesus, that as you have graciously granted me joyfully to imbibe the words of your knowledge, so you will also, of your goodness, grant that I may come at length to you, the fount of all wisdom, and stand before your face for ever.  ...
Taking the world into my arms

Taking the world into my arms

  When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. When it’s over, I don’t want to wonder If I have made of my life something particular, and real, I don’t want to find myself...