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Symonds, John Addington - Mene, Mene
Identifier
024313
Type of Spiritual Experience
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A description of the experience
New and Old: A Volume of Verse
MENE, MENE
That precious, priceless gift, a soul
Unto thyself surrendered whole
Withdrawn from all but thy control
Thou hast foregone
The throne where none might sit but thou
The crown of love to bind thy brow
Glad homage paid with praise and vow
Thou hast foregone
I do not blame thee utterly
But rather strive to pity thee
Remembering all the empery
Thou hast foregone
It was thy folly, not thy crime
To have contemned the call sublime
The realm more firm than fate or time
Thou hast foregone