Thursday, May 24, 2012

Dreams Comments

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OH! miserable power
To dreams allow'd, to raise the guilty past,
And back awhile the illumined spirit to cast
On its youth's twilight hour;
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John Henry Newman
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Michael Walker 19 December 2019

What a powerful confessional poem. A penitent has no need to worry about a sinful past: all is forgiven by a merciful God. It is better to 'welcome the thorn' if you can.

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Edward Kofi Louis 19 December 2019

Miserable power! ! ! ! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Dr Antony Theodore 19 December 2019

Nay, hush thee, angry heart! An Angel's grief ill fits a penitent; Welcome the thorn—it is divinely sent, .. a very good poem. tony

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Kingsley Egbukole 19 December 2019

Dreams to raise the guilty past but angels come to the rescue.

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Mahtab Bangalee 19 December 2019

miserable power To dreams allow'd//// really a great lines Dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep.”. (the ever greatest A.P.J. Abdul Kalam)

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Ramesh T A 19 December 2019

The nightmare of dreams is the reaction of bad acts in life and surely the conscience will the heart sure! Thanks for sharing this here!

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Joseph Poewhit 24 May 2012

A lot behind the words

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