 | Mansoul or The Riddle of the World |  |
Led by Herthas Voice;
Recomforted, in now Radious Rocks, we course:
Where all ways shine like dímly luminous;
As some wood-bank is seen, in World above,
That gledeworms haunt. A Kosmic light this is,
Remaining, óf Heavens sovereign radiance;
Whilst Earth was ín Her making, midst the Stars;
Which evermore those shed forth, by slów degrees:
And partly a spiritual light it is.
Recomforted, in now Radious Rocks, we course:
Where all ways shine like dímly luminous;
As some wood-bank is seen, in World above,
That gledeworms haunt. A Kosmic light this is,
Remaining, óf Heavens sovereign radiance;
Whilst Earth was ín Her making, midst the Stars;
Which evermore those shed forth, by slów degrees:
And partly a spiritual light it is.
A new and happy pang empierced our hearts;
Where suffered us the Voice suspend our steps,
At first, before a lodge in luminous cliff,
Embayed; where slumbering heroes sleep úplayed:
Britannias sons renowned, (not lightly esteemed,
Seed of the Gods; for their prowd warlike deeds:)
Which wrought deliverance, both by Land and Seas.
Where suffered us the Voice suspend our steps,
At first, before a lodge in luminous cliff,
Embayed; where slumbering heroes sleep úplayed:
Britannias sons renowned, (not lightly esteemed,
Seed of the Gods; for their prowd warlike deeds:)
Which wrought deliverance, both by Land and Seas.
Here sleep then those magnanimous, whose names' praise
Lives on mens lips, and ín our grateful hearts;
War-smiths in their war-weed. Be uphanged bays,
O'er each ones generous head. Wounds théy received:
Shine with a sacred light and camphire breathe.
On them we gazed, with lingering long regard:
Through trembling místy, on our eyelids, tears.
Have they, and like defenders of our hearths;
Which beat down thé Unright, Gods endless Peace!
Lives on mens lips, and ín our grateful hearts;
War-smiths in their war-weed. Be uphanged bays,
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Shine with a sacred light and camphire breathe.
On them we gazed, with lingering long regard:
Through trembling místy, on our eyelids, tears.
Have they, and like defenders of our hearths;
Which beat down thé Unright, Gods endless Peace!
Sleep other, hardly a shafts-flight fróm them forth:
Nor less, (though strove those not in field,) of worth.
Were they pre-eminent ín all citizens' works;
Uphólding the hónour of their Nations House.
Nor less, (though strove those not in field,) of worth.
Were they pre-eminent ín all citizens' works;
Uphólding the hónour of their Nations House.
Further, rest certain meek ones of the Earth,
Yet militant ánd like-great in heavenly sight;
Under, lo, crowns they sleep, of living light.
Unmoveable, forcible, upright únto Death;
They little esteeming Worlds brief fleshling life;
Like to lone light-towers, founded on fast rocks;
Witnessed midst storms of malice, fór the Right!
Them nigh, in án exalted Place of Rest;
Sleep óther úpright souls, of guise diverse.
Seers were they and Prophets ín their several Ages,
Of the Worlds Nations.
Yet militant ánd like-great in heavenly sight;
Under, lo, crowns they sleep, of living light.
Unmoveable, forcible, upright únto Death;
They little esteeming Worlds brief fleshling life;
Like to lone light-towers, founded on fast rocks;
Witnessed midst storms of malice, fór the Right!
Them nigh, in án exalted Place of Rest;
Sleep óther úpright souls, of guise diverse.
Seers were they and Prophets ín their several Ages,
Of the Worlds Nations.
Said then Herthas Voice:
The pathways óf the Just, in áll the Earth;
Shall meet together in One Holy Place:
Under the Silent Brow of Heaven supreme.
The pathways óf the Just, in áll the Earth;
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Under the Silent Brow of Heaven supreme.
In every Age and Family of Mans kin
Rise steadfast spirits, nourished of lofty thought:
That seekers be, with singleness of heart,
Of Righteousness; and mongst their fellows, teach
The Blameless Life. Called unto that High Trust;
By an intimate whisper breathing ín their breasts;
They hear, from Heaven, as child his mothers voice.
Rise steadfast spirits, nourished of lofty thought:
That seekers be, with singleness of heart,
Of Righteousness; and mongst their fellows, teach
The Blameless Life. Called unto that High Trust;
By an intimate whisper breathing ín their breasts;
They hear, from Heaven, as child his mothers voice.
Whence they, like rushlights, ín a dawnless Dark,
Shine, and have willingly oft jeopardied their own lives.
Nor few, despising torments of vile flesh;
Embraced, as their lives Bride, have bitter deaths.
That sovereign smile, yet blossoms ón their lips;
Wherewith they, dauntless, patient, in their Faiths;
Deceased.
Shine, and have willingly oft jeopardied their own lives.
Nor few, despising torments of vile flesh;
Embraced, as their lives Bride, have bitter deaths.
That sovereign smile, yet blossoms ón their lips;
Wherewith they, dauntless, patient, in their Faiths;
Deceased.
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