I saw him as a ribbon of white light Moving across the stillness of the lake Immense wings flapping soundlessly Rising above this coloured world of green And at that moment, my feet upon the earth, My soul took flight to rise with him above The reaching branches of the oaks And over the tall tops of massive pines. Emerging from the prison of the flesh Into the vast dimensions of the sky A moment free before it must return To a body chosen long before this birth And beat its wings against the iron bars Of mind and dungeons of our small desires.
Poems Undated (1727)
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