Religion

XXIX

by Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837–1909

From Poems and Ballads (Third Series)

Religion

She gazes till the strenuous soul
Within the rapture of her eyes
Creates or bids awake, arise,
The light she looks for, pure and whole
And worshipped of the wise.

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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XXIX.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/236/.

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