Mystic Trees by Michael Field [i.e. K. H. Bradley and E. E. Cooper] |
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| NONDUM ERANT ABYSSI, ET EGO
JAM CONCEPTA ERAM |
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NONDUM ERANT ABYSSI, ET EGO JAM CONCEPTA ERAM
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We hear the TrinitySinging low of Thee,
Singing behind the screen
Of the dark world and green.
II
The Godhead singeth low“Man sinneth thus—
How hath he wrought me woe!”
God curseth us.
III
What chafe is in the tune,What treble fluteth there?
A name we catch ... the boon
Of Mary in the air.
IV
No creature that is bornBut now is born accurst:
Mary not thus, is born;
She is redeemèd first.
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Tasting of Calvary,Even as she is conceived,
Her very blood shall be
Of Christ's redeeming weaved.
VI
Now may God turn to makeThe sun, to make the moon,
And the young stars to shake
On Eve, in her young swoon.
VII
Such harmony is wrought
The abyss now straight appears;
God is again in thought;
Great paths are for the spheres.
The abyss now straight appears;
God is again in thought;
Great paths are for the spheres.
And round each axle-tree,
The music of the Trinity.
The music of the Trinity.
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