Religion

XXI

by Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837–1909

From Poems & Ballads (Second Series)

Religion

For in that heaven what light of lights may be,
What splendour of what stars, what spheres of flame
Sounding, that none may number nor may name,
We know not, even thy brethren; yea, not we
Whose eyes desire the light that lightened thee,
Whose ways and thine are one way and the same.

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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XXI.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/397/.

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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XXI.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/397/.

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