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... Cardinal Palotta in Rome , who made him his Secretary . Crashaw , how- ever , did not get on with the Cardinal's household and for his own safety he was made Canon of the Chapel of Our Lady of Loretto . He left 4 TWO MYSTIC POETS.
... Cardinal Palotta in Rome , who made him his Secretary . Crashaw , how- ever , did not get on with the Cardinal's household and for his own safety he was made Canon of the Chapel of Our Lady of Loretto . He left 4 TWO MYSTIC POETS.
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K. M. Loudon. the Chapel of Our Lady of Loretto . He left Rome to take up his new duties , but on his way he was struck down by fever , and died shortly after his arrival at Loretto , in 1649 . The second edition of Steps to the Temple ...
K. M. Loudon. the Chapel of Our Lady of Loretto . He left Rome to take up his new duties , but on his way he was struck down by fever , and died shortly after his arrival at Loretto , in 1649 . The second edition of Steps to the Temple ...
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... lady . They are , to some extent , the descendants of the old Minnesinger ; only with them it is the soul of man that longs for and that sings the praises of the Divine Lover . Their attitude is that of the Shulamite in the Song of ...
... lady . They are , to some extent , the descendants of the old Minnesinger ; only with them it is the soul of man that longs for and that sings the praises of the Divine Lover . Their attitude is that of the Shulamite in the Song of ...
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... lady ? Nay , madam , wit ye well that I will never while I live ; for I shall never be so false to you of that I promised , but the same destiny that ye have taken you unto I will take me unto , for to please God , and especially to ...
... lady ? Nay , madam , wit ye well that I will never while I live ; for I shall never be so false to you of that I promised , but the same destiny that ye have taken you unto I will take me unto , for to please God , and especially to ...
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... lady , Dame Guenever , since ye have taken you unto perfection , I must needs take me unto perfection of right . For I take record of God in you have I had mine earthly ... ladies bear the Queen to her chamber , and MALORY AND TENNYSON 51.
... lady , Dame Guenever , since ye have taken you unto perfection , I must needs take me unto perfection of right . For I take record of God in you have I had mine earthly ... ladies bear the Queen to her chamber , and MALORY AND TENNYSON 51.
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Page 20 - He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown; But what fair dell or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown.
Page 19 - But ah, my soul with too much stay Is drunk, and staggers in the way! Some men a forward motion love, But I by backward steps would move, And, when this dust falls to the urn, In that state I came, return.
Page 85 - Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth...
Page 18 - Before I understood this place Appointed for my second race, Or taught my soul to fancy aught But a white, celestial thought; When yet I had not walked above A mile or two from my first love, And looking back (at that short space) Could see a glimpse of his bright face...
Page 28 - A guest, I answer'd, worthy to be here : Love said, You shall be he. I, the unkind, ungrateful ? Ah, my dear, I cannot look on thee.
Page 79 - I made them lay their hands in mine and swear •To reverence the King, as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ...
Page 81 - And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Page 46 - Not for itself, but thro' thy living love For one to whom I made it o'er his grave Sacred, accept this old imperfect tale, New-old, and shadowing Sense at war with Soul Rather than that gray king, whose name, a ghost, Streams like a cloud, man-shaped, from mountain peak, And cleaves to cairn and cromlech still...
Page 76 - Go, since your vows are sacred, being made : Yet — for ye know the cries of all my realm Pass thro' this hall — how often, O my knights, Your places being vacant at my side, This chance of noble deeds will come and go Unchallenged, while ye follow wandering fires Lost in the quagmire ! Many of you, yea most...
Page 24 - I can do by night. There is in God — some say — A deep, but dazzling darkness ; as men here Say it is late and dusky, because they See not all clear. O for that Night ! where I in Him Might live invisible and dim ! ABEL'S BLOOD.