Festus, a poem [by P.J. Bailey]. By P.J. Bailey |
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... Lucifer ? Lucifer . Shows dead ripe . It wants plucking . Or I , and lo ! the poor perfection falls . The world - apple Touch it thou , God . What may to thee seem perfect , here in heaven Far other showeth . Lucifer . Man through ...
... Lucifer ? Lucifer . Shows dead ripe . It wants plucking . Or I , and lo ! the poor perfection falls . The world - apple Touch it thou , God . What may to thee seem perfect , here in heaven Far other showeth . Lucifer . Man through ...
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... Lucifer . Faith I have missed from earth this many an age . Faith ! Is she here ? God . Faith is both there and here ; Participant of divine ubiquity . Thy knowledge is defective . Still on earth Are those who , knowing most , the most ...
... Lucifer . Faith I have missed from earth this many an age . Faith ! Is she here ? God . Faith is both there and here ; Participant of divine ubiquity . Thy knowledge is defective . Still on earth Are those who , knowing most , the most ...
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... Lucifer . All wisdom speaks his will ; all substance waits , All power performs ; all spirits his ends fulfil . God . Hearing he understands not that he hears , Nor seeing sees . Nought wists he perfectly Who loves not God . Lucifer ...
... Lucifer . All wisdom speaks his will ; all substance waits , All power performs ; all spirits his ends fulfil . God . Hearing he understands not that he hears , Nor seeing sees . Nought wists he perfectly Who loves not God . Lucifer ...
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... Lucifer . Knowest thou not God's Son , God's own humanity wherewithal The Maker suffereth evil , and partakes The ... Lucifer . And earth he next Be it not , Lord . Will judge ; for so saith God . Angel of Earth . Thou art a God of love ...
... Lucifer . Knowest thou not God's Son , God's own humanity wherewithal The Maker suffereth evil , and partakes The ... Lucifer . And earth he next Be it not , Lord . Will judge ; for so saith God . Angel of Earth . Thou art a God of love ...
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... Lucifer . Thou knowest me well . If stranger to thine eye , I am not to thine heart . Festus . I know thee not . Lucifer . Come nearer . Look on me . I am above thee , Beneath thee , and around thee , and before thee . Festus . Why ...
... Lucifer . Thou knowest me well . If stranger to thine eye , I am not to thine heart . Festus . I know thee not . Lucifer . Come nearer . Look on me . I am above thee , Beneath thee , and around thee , and before thee . Festus . Why ...
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