Friday, January 3, 2003

The Dawning Comments

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Awake, sad heart, whom sorrow ever drowns ;
Take up thine eyes, which feed on earth ;
Unfold thy forehead, gathered into frowns ;
Thy Saviour comes, and with Him mirth :
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George Herbert
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Bibi Shane 23 September 2018

To stop my struggle with painful reality during the dark hours, I switched on Something Understood at 6 am and listened to Rabbi Shoshana Boyd on Fragility. It felt as if she was speaking to me. When she ended, I thought of George Herbert, his fierce struggle expressed in 'The Collar 'I struck the Board and....

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Joshua Adeyemi 16 April 2017

'Arise sad soul'... And give strife blow... Kindle thou the fire of love.... By God that no being can shove.

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Brian Jani 03 May 2014

Very good poem, it flows with the title

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