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— Stephen Crane

I stood upon a high place,

And saw, below, many devils

Running, leaping,

And carousing in sin.

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ST. JOHN, APOSTLE.

29 lines
Christina Rossetti·1830–1894·Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
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arth cannot bar flame from ascending,Hell cannot bind light from descending,Death cannot finish life never ending. Eagle and sun gaze at each other,Eagle at sun, brother at Brother,Loving in peace and joy one another. O St. John, with chains for thy wages,Strong thy rock where the storm-blast rages,Rock of refuge, the Rock of Ages. Rome hath passed with her awful voice,Earth is passing with all her joys,Heaven shall pass away with a noise. So from us all follies that please us,So from us all falsehoods that ease us,—Only all saints abide with their Jesus. Jesus, in love looking down hither,Jesus, by love draw us up thither,That we in Thee may abide together. “Beloved, let us love one another,” says St. John,Eagle of eagles calling from above:Words of strong nourishment for life to feed upon,“Beloved, let us love.” Voice of an eagle, yea, Voice of the Dove:If we may love, winter is past and gone;Publish we, praise we, for lo! it is enough. More sunny than sunshine that ever yet shone,Sweetener of the bitter, smoother of the rough,Highest lesson of all lessons for all to con,“Beloved, let us love.”
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