Nature

XXVI

by Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837–1909

From The Heptalogia

Nature

--Say it let the rock's heart out, its meaning, the thing
All was made for, devised, ruled out gradually, planned--
Ah, that sea-shell, perhaps--since it lies, such a ring
Of pure colour, a cup full of sunbeams, to stand
(Say, in Lent) at the priest's hand--(no king!)

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