text,updated_at,metaphor,created_at,context,theme,reviewed_on,dictionary,comments,provenance,id,work_id
"With Him the past abides--the eternal past--
The future is fulfill'd--and first and last
Stand obvious to the immeasurable sense,
Mere digits in the vast circumference.
Thro' chinks and crevices we dimly trace
Existence in the forms of time and place;
Predicamental loopholes, poor and small,
That bound our vision through the dungeon-wall:
The future, or the present, or the past,
The there or here--a simultaneous, vast
Infinite omnipresence--First and last
Centre in Him, the ineffably sublime,
Beyond all thought or language. If a crime--
I feel it or I fear it even thus,
In words of human usage to discuss
The Eternal Essence, and delineate
Infinitude--Shall the puny prate
Be suffer'd, which would limit and confine,
In an imaginary moral line,
The compass of eternal power and law?
Shall human reason frame a rule to draw
Before its puny court the cognizance
Of a Divine eternal ordinance
With warrants of its own? Not more uncouth
The fines or forfeits in a barber's booth,
Or regulations in a billiard-room--
If quoted and applied to guide the doom
Of ermined judges in the learned hall
Bent on a serious plea--than those you call
Your axioms absolute and general.",2013-06-12 17:32:44 UTC,"""Shall human reason frame a rule to draw / Before its puny court the cognizance / Of a Divine eternal ordinance / With warrants of its own?""",2004-06-15 00:00:00 UTC,"","",2009-05-20,Court,•REVISIT and find publication information.,"Searching ""rule"" and ""reason"" in HDIS (Poetry); found again searching ""court"" and ""reason""",8445,3215
"Rash, angry words, and spoken out of season,
When passion has usurp'd the throne of reason,
Have ruin'd many. Passion is unjust,
And for an idle, transitory gust
Of gratified revenge, dooms us to pay
With long repentance at a later day.
",2009-09-14 19:33:36 UTC,"Rash, angry words may be ""spoken out of season / When passion has usurp'd the throne of reason""",2004-07-19 00:00:00 UTC,"","",,"","","Searching ""throne"" and ""reason"" in HDIS (Poetry); again ""passion""",8471,3226
"The bestial herd of Basan close me round,
In boisterous outrage, with a savage sound
Of rage and outcry, like the lion's howl,
And eyes and gestures eager, fierce and foul--
And there I stand amongst them!--silent, slow,
Weak as the very water; faint and low;
My bones are out of joint; my heart within
Melts as the wax; my lips and tongue begin
To shrivel and wither with the parching breath--
And thou shalt bring me to the dust of death!--
The bloody dogs, the unclean are in the crowd!
With the hypocritic Elders stern and proud--
My feet and hands are pierc'd, and every bone
Naked and bare, and counted one by one!
In empty wonderment they gather round,
Gazing upon me, watching every wound!--
My garments are shar'd out--my vest unrent
Stak'd as a prize, with ribald merriment!--
But be not Thou far from me, O God my strength!
Father and Lord! incline thine ear at length--
Haste Thee to help me; save my soul from scath
Of fiendish rage; and thine appointed wrath,
The sword of Eden brandish'd early and long!--
So shall I praise Thee with a joyful song
Of victory and redemption; and proclaim
Thy justice and Thy mercies and Thy name
Amongst the brethren--Ye that fear the Lord!
Sons of the chosen seed! with one accord
Magnify and praise his name, with love and awe!
Sons of the covenant and of the law!
Children of Jacob and of Israel!
For ye can witness well,--that he the Lord
Hath not abhorr'd--nor shunn'd the deep infliction,
That dreadful interdiction undergoing,
His tears in anguish flowing, and his cry
Were heard and seen on high; the Almighty face
Was turn'd to pity and grace,--and pardon given,
And ratified in heaven!--A louder voice
Shall summon to rejoice, a congregation
From many a tribe and nation; wider far;
From where the appointed star
Leads forth the mystic eastern Sages hoar;
E'en to the silent, shady, western shore;
The guests are marshall'd, and the banquet spread,
With heavenly wine and bread--The bread of life!
Without restraint or strife, or fear, or sadness,
In singleness of heart, with love and gladness;
A company which death shall not dissever--
They share the food which leads to life for ever.",2010-06-30 18:43:26 UTC,"""My heart within / Melts as the wax.""",2005-03-27 00:00:00 UTC,"",Psalm 22,,"","•REVISIT and find pubication information.
•Cross-reference: Blackmore, Chamberlayne, Darby, Frere, Merrick, Parnell, Smart, Wesleys.
","Searching ""heart"" and ""wax"" in HDIS (Poetry)",8546,3284
"For a shrewd intellect, the best employ
Is to detect a soul of base alloy;
No task is harder nor imports so much;
Silver or gold, you prove it by the touch;
You separate the pure, discard the dross,
And disregard the labour and the loss:
But a friend's heart, base and adulterate,--
A friendly surface with a core of hate!
Of all the frauds with which the Fates have curst
Our simple easy nature--is the worst:
Beyond the rest ruinous in effect;
And of all others hardest to detect:
For men's and women's hearts you cannot try
Beforehand, like the cattle that you buy.
Nor human wit nor reason, when you treat
For such a purpose, can escape deceit:
Fancy betrays us, and assists the ch",2009-09-14 19:33:38 UTC,"""For a shrewd intellect, the best employ / Is to detect a soul of base alloy;""",2005-04-14 00:00:00 UTC,"","",,Metal,"","Searching ""soul"" and ""alloy"" in HDIS (Poetry)",8557,3293
"I search among my friends--none can I find,
No sterling unadulterated mind;
None that abides the crucible like mine
Rising above the standard--superfine!
",2009-09-14 19:33:40 UTC,"None ""can I find / No sterling unadulterated mind; / None that abides the crucible like mine""",2005-06-03 00:00:00 UTC,LXXX,"",,Metal,"","Searching ""mind"" and ""silver"" in HDIS (Poetry)",8615,3342