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The poem is an ode, and its subject is the pursuit of the human soul by God's love - a theme also found in the devotional poetry of George Herbert and Henry Vaughan. Moody and Lovett point out that Thompson's use of free and varied line lengths and irregular rhythms reflect the panicked retreat of the soul, while the structured, often recurring refrain suggests the inexorable pursuit as it ...
Song of Songs. The Song of Songs ( Biblical Hebrew: שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים, romanized: Shīr ha-Shīrīm ), also called the Canticle of Canticles or the Song of Solomon, is a biblical poem, one of the five megillot ("scrolls") in the Ketuvim ('writings'), the last section of the Tanakh. It is unique within the Hebrew Bible: it ...
Where Love Is, God Is. " Where Love Is, God Is " (sometimes also translated as " Where Love Is, There God Is Also " or " Martin the Cobbler ") is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy. The title references the Catholic hymn Ubi Caritas. One English translation of this short story as translated by Nathan Haskell Dole uses the alternate ...
6. “Iron sharpens iron, as one person sharpens another.” — Proverbs 27:17 7. “So now faith, hope and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” — 1 Corinthians 13:13
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may is the first line from the poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" by Robert Herrick . The words come originally from the Book of Wisdom in the Bible, chapter 2, verse 8. It was the inspiration for several works of art: Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May (Waterhouse painting 1908) by John William Waterhouse.
Prepare for a wedding toast or celebrate your marriage with these love quotes from the Bible. Bible verses about love can help you describe any relationship. 20 Beautiful Love Quotes From the Bible
Biblical poetry. The ancient Hebrews identified poetical portions in their sacred texts, as shown by their entitling as "psalms" or as "chants" passages such as Exodus 15:1-19 and Numbers 21:17-20; a song or chant ( shir) is, according to the primary meaning of the term, poetry. The question as to whether the poetical passages of the Old ...
Song of Moses. The Song of Moses is the name sometimes given to the poem which appears in Deuteronomy [ 1] of the Hebrew Bible, which according to the Bible was delivered just prior to Moses' death on Mount Nebo. Sometimes the Song is referred to as Deuteronomy 32, despite the fact that Deuteronomy chapter 32 contains nine verses (44–52 ...