Oh, must we use the iron hand,
And mask with hate the holy breath,
With alien voice give love's command,
As they through love the call of death?
(Recall)
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I saw him pass from love to love; and yet the pure allowed His claimTo be the purest of the pure, thrice holy, stainless, without blame.
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Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy.
George William Russell
I needed love no words could say;
She drew me softly nigh her chair,
My head upon her knees to lay,
With cool hands that caressed my hair.
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You and I of Time are not afraid.
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What outstretched love would meet them at the gate?
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When for love it was fain of
The wild heart was chidden,
When the white limbs were clothed
And the beauty was hidden;
George William Russell
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