December 30, 2008
Gloria In Profundis
The Lowly Barn... Imagine the King of the Universe being born here... near Rogers AR
Gloria In Profundis
There has fallen on earth for a token
A God too great for the sky
He has burst out of all things and broken
The bounds of eternity
Into time and the terminal land
He has strayed like a thief or a lover
For the wine of the world brims over
Its splendour is spilt on the sand
Who is proud when the heavens are humble
Who mounts if the mountains fall
If the fixed suns topple and tumble
And a deluge of love drown all-
Who rears up his head for a crown
Who holds up his will for a warrant
Who strives with the starry torrent
When all that is good goes down?
For in dread of such falling and falling
The Fallen Angels fell
Inverted in insolence, scaling
the hanging mountain of hell
But unmeasured of plumment and rod
Too deep for their sight to scan
Outrushing the fall of man
Is the height of the fall of God
Glory to God in the Lowest
The spout of the stars in spate
Where the thunderbolt thinks to be slowest
And the lightning fears to be late
As men dive for a sunken gem
Pursueing, we hunt and hound it
The fallen star that has found it
In the cavern of BethlehemGK Chesterton
Labels: Poem, Quotable Quotes, Scenic Arkansas
