By homely gift and hindered Words
The human heart is told
Of nothing-
"Nothing" is the force
That renovates the World-
The human heart is told
Of nothing-
"Nothing" is the force
That renovates the World-
(F.1611/J.1563)
[1] homely:: not beautiful, plain, uncomely (OED 5). gift:: some quality or endowment given to man by God. hindered Words:: creed, dogma.
[2] human:: the opposite of God.
[3] nothing:: a thing of no value.
[4] Nothing:: denoting absence of religious belief (OED 1e).
It is known that heretics have nothing; therefore they come to us, that they may receive what they have not. ─ The Epistles of S. Cyprian (1844)