Besides this May 1
We know
There is Another－
How fair
Our Speculations of the Foreigner!
Some know Him whom We knew－6
Sweet Wonder－
A Nature be
Where Saints, and our plain going Neighbor
Keep May!
We know
There is Another－
How fair
Our Speculations of the Foreigner!
Some know Him whom We knew－6
Sweet Wonder－
A Nature be
Where Saints, and our plain going Neighbor
Keep May!
(F.976/J.977)
[1] May:: an instance of what is expressed by the verb may; a possibility (OED v.1 11).
[3, 5] Another, Foreigner:: another god of foreigner.
[6, 7] Him, Sweet Wonder:: Jesus Christ.
[8] Nature:: human nature.
[9] Saints, Neighbor:: holy and plain Christians.
[10] May:: prime, heyday, of the Christian world.
The world should examine, test properly all about monotheism, polytheism, and atheism, on their own intrinsic qualities, not on the pretences of priestocracies, whose voice should not be listened to an iota in this paramount investigation. ─ Rational Religion and Morals (1852)
