The Mind
Pain
From Collected Poems (1913)
The Mind
Men have made them gods of love,
Sun-gods, givers of the rain,
Deities of hill and grove:
I have made a god of Pain.
Of my god I know this much,
And in singing I repeat,
Though there's anguish in his touch,
Yet his soul within is sweet.
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George William Russell (A.E.). “Pain.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/russell_ge/127/.
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George William Russell (A.E.). “Pain.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/russell_ge/127/.
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