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Excerpt: ...but she had Great heart, Archduchess Anne. THE SONG OF THEODOLINDA I Queen Theodolind has built In the earth a furnace-bed: There the Traitor Nail that spilt Blood of the anointed Head, Red of heat, resolves in shame: White of heat, awakes to flame. Beat, beat white of heat, Red of heat, beat, beat II Mark the skeleton of fire Lightening from its thunder-roof: So comes this that saw expire Him we love, for our behoof Red of heat, O white of heat, This from off the Cross we greet. III Brown-cowled hammermen around Nerve their naked arms to strike Death with Resurrection crowned, Each upon that cruel spike. Red of heat the furnace leaps, White of heat transfigured sleeps. IV Hard against the furnace core Holds the Queen her streaming eyes: Lo that thing of piteous gore In the lap of radiance lies, Red of heat, as when He takes, White of heat, whom earth forsakes. V Forth with it, and crushing ring Iron hymns, for men to hear Echoes of the deeds that sting Earth into its graves, and fear Red of heat, He maketh thus, White of heat, a crown of us. VI This that killed Thee, kissed Thee, Lord Touched Thee, and we touch it: dear, Dark it is; adored, abhorred: Vilest, yet most sainted here. Red of heat, O white of heat, In it hell and heaven meet. VII I behold our morning day When they chased Him out with rods Up to where this traitor lay Thirsting; and the blood was Gods Red of heat, it shall be pressed, White of heat, once on my breast VIII Quick the reptile in me shrieks, Not the soul. Again; the Cross Burn there. Oh this pain it wreaks Rapture is: pain is not loss. Red of heat, the tooth of Death, White of heat, has caught my breath. IX Brand me, bite me, bitter thing Thus He felt, and thus I am One with Him in suffering, One with Him in bliss, the Lamb. Red of heat, O white of heat, Thus is bitterness made sweet. X Now am I, who bear that stamp Scorched in me, the living sign Sole on earth-the lighted lamp Of the dreadful Day divine. White...
| ISBN-13 | 9781153678230 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153678233 |
| Weight | 0.57 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.39 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 168 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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