Mysticism also must have had great charms for one who could write verses so imbued with its spirit as are the following He first by fear uncharmed the drowsd soul, Till of its nobler nature it 'gan feel Dim recollections and thence soared to hope, Strong to believe whate'er of mystic good The Eternal dooms for His immortal sons From hope and firmer faith to perfect love Attracted and absorbed and centred there, God only to behold, and know, and feel, Till by exclusive consciousness of God, All self annihilated, it shall make God its identity God all in all! We and our Father one! And blest are they Who in this fleshy world, the elect of heaven, Their strong eye darting through the deeds of men, Adore with steadfast, unpresuming gaze Him, nature's essence, mind, and energy And gazing, trembling, patiently ascend, Treading beneath their feet all visible things As steps, that upward to their Father's throne Lead gradual.i glory hole ling tia.121 and Journal, 1738 43, quoted by Warburton, 'Doctrine of Grace.' glory hole ling tia Quoted in H.ii.x glory hole ling tia.124, vol.xix) glory hole ling tia.iii.Swinburne, glory hole ling tia W.Alison's Life of Marlborough, chap.Vaughan, Hours with glory hole ling tia the Mystics, i.Pfeiffer's 2nd vol.It was to this reactionary glory hole ling tia feeling that his repute was chiefly owing.
