This lengthy poem was inspired after last weekend’s Climbing the Tree ritual. The Climbing the Tree weekend is hosted by the Tradition to which I belong, The Assembly of the Sacred Wheel. This is a large event requiring much planning, so it is only held every several years (the last bei...
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21 “Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from thesethings, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master,preparedfor every good work.” 2 Timothy 2:21 Paul, the author of the New Testament doctrine of grace emphasizes the place of personal holiness. We are to ‘cleanse...
(1798), the slayer of the albatross—a bird of good omen to sailors—was punished by having the dead bird hung about his neck. Though within the context of the poem the dead albatross symbolizes guilt and punishment for sin, its contemporary use rarely carries this connotation. Often an ...
And his Soul mocked him and said, ‘Surely thou hast but little joy out of thy love. Thou art as one who in time of death pours water into a broken vessel. Thou givest away what thou hast, and nought is given to thee in return. It were better for thee to come with me, for I...
The first English prose was written, nearly one hundred years after Caedmon's poem, by the Venerable Bede. He translated one of the Gospels into English. He was very old, and when his great work was nearly finished, feeling that he was about to die, he bade his disciple hurry and write...
As I've done in this poem when He reached out to me, and turned my life around for His glory. *** WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE THE LORD GOD AS YOUR FATHER An earthly father can not be there for you, 100% of the time, But if
But now secure the painted Vessel glides,The Sun-beams trembling on the floating Tydes,While melting Musick steals upon the Sky,And soften'd Sounds along the Waters die. Smooth flow the Waves, the Zephyrs gently playBelinda smil'd, and all the World was gay.All but the Sylph---With ...
On the tarred timber southern wall of the house in cut out wooden lettering is the first stanza and last six lines of John Donne’s poem “The Sunne Rising” Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers’...
This is both title and first line of a poem. The warm spring wind fluttered against his face like an old kiss —Michael Malone Wind … beat like a fist against his face —Vicki Baum The wind blew gusts of wind into his face that were much like a shower-bath —Honore de Balzac The ...