 | Uncollected verses by Francis Thompson |  |
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TO ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Thou, the Foreshadower,
Of all things which shall come upon the Bride;
Of all things which shall come upon the Bride;
Thou, Prophet of Prophets,
Sum of them before thee, forestaller of them after thee;
Sum of them before thee, forestaller of them after thee;
Thou, Seer of Seers,
Knowing the language of the Seers of the Hebrew, the Seers of Theman and Egypt, the tongue of the heathen Seers of the most ancient East;
Knowing the language of the Seers of the Hebrew, the Seers of Theman and Egypt, the tongue of the heathen Seers of the most ancient East;
Thou, Poet and Prophet,
Eagle of the New Dispensation, Lord of shadowy sign, shower of heart-shaking portent;
Eagle of the New Dispensation, Lord of shadowy sign, shower of heart-shaking portent;
Thou, Mystic of Mystics,
Who sawest the Holy City coming down out of Heaven, the things which are not and shall be;
Who sawest the Holy City coming down out of Heaven, the things which are not and shall be;
Thou, Lover of Lovers,
Who badest us little children love one another, Pray for us, that we may love as the Heart on which thou layest.
Who badest us little children love one another, Pray for us, that we may love as the Heart on which thou layest.
Prophet and Poet, Seer and Mystic, Divine and Lover,
Pray for us that we may be wise with the Prophets, glad with the Poets, see with the Seers, desire with the Mystics, believe with the Divines, and that the least of us may love with the Lovers.
Pray for us that we may be wise with the Prophets, glad with the Poets, see with the Seers, desire with the Mystics, believe with the Divines, and that the least of us may love with the Lovers.
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Enoch, fulfil in us Elias; John the Divine, fulfil in us John
the Precursor; Prophet of the Celestial, fulfil in us the
prophecy of the earthly love.
| Uncollected verses by Francis Thompson | |