Friday, January 3, 2003
Ikon: The Harrowing Of Hell Comments
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Down through the tomb's inward arch
He has shouldered out into Limbo
to gather them, dazed, from dreamless slumber:
the merciful dead, the prophets,
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Denise Levertov
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7/18/2025 11:41:01 PM # 1.0.0
This is the long dark day in which Jesus, having been crucified, descends to the dead in Hell to call them up to Heaven. The Bible doesn't give any details about how this took place but Levertov gives it a powerful try using powerful, elemental images about death and life, of spirit and flesh.