Nature
XXVI
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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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XXVI.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/57/.
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