And behind it hosts supernal
Guarding the lost paradise,
And the tree of life eternal
From the weeping human eyes.
(The Hour Of The King)
More Quotes from George William Russell:
And there we yet will meet, my bird,Though far I go from you
Where in the light outpoured, my bird,
Are love and freedom too.
George William Russell
We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness to what we hate.
George William Russell
They fade in you; their lips are fain
To meet the old caress:
And all their love is mine again
As lip to lip we press.
George William Russell
When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality.
George William Russell
Our hearts were drunk with a beauty Our eyes could never see.
George William Russell
Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise.
George William Russell
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