Religion

Beyond Knowledge

by Alice Meynell 1847–1922

From Poems (1921)

Religion

Into the rescued world newcomer,
The newly-dead stepped up, and cried,
"Oh what is that, sweeter than summer
Was to my heart before I died?
Sir (to an angel), what is yonder
More bright than the remembered skies,
A lovelier light, a softer splendour
Than when the moon was wont to rise?
Surely no sinner wears such seeming
Even the Rescued World within?"

"O the success of His redeeming!
O child, it is a rescued sin!"

MLA

Meynell, Alice. “Beyond Knowledge.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meynell/35/.

Chicago

Meynell, Alice. “Beyond Knowledge.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meynell/35/.

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