The Soul's Superior instants 1
Occur to Her－alone－
When friend－and Earth's occasion
Have infinite withdrawn－
Or She－Herself－ascended 5
To too remote a Height
For lower Recognition
Than Her Omnipotent－
This Mortal Abolition 9
Is seldom－but as fair
As Apparition－subject
To Autocratic Air－
Eternity's disclosure 13
To favorites－a few－
Of the Colossal substance
Of Immortality
Occur to Her－alone－
When friend－and Earth's occasion
Have infinite withdrawn－
Or She－Herself－ascended 5
To too remote a Height
For lower Recognition
Than Her Omnipotent－
This Mortal Abolition 9
Is seldom－but as fair
As Apparition－subject
To Autocratic Air－
Eternity's disclosure 13
To favorites－a few－
Of the Colossal substance
Of Immortality
(F.630/J.306)
[1] Superior instants:: divine moments (for holy visions).
[2] Her:: a woman who sees the apparition of Virgin Mary
[3, 4] friend, withdrawn:: after the vision, the woman abandons her earthly life (to be a nun).
[7] lower Recognition:: not many people agree with her.
[9] mortal Abolition:: a hint on nun.
[11] Apparition:: a hint on the apparition of Virgin Mary, a Marian apparition. subject:: to submit and make accountable.
[12] Autocratic Air:: the Roman Catholic Church.
Take, for instance, the apparition of the Virgin Mary to two children, at La Salette, near Grenoble, in France, Sept. 19th, 1846: we are told that the children bore the severest cross-examination by the ecclesiastical authorities, without being detected in the slightest evasion; they announced the warning she had given them of the coming potato-rot and grape blight; they could describe her appearance in the minutest particulars, down to her white shoes and yellow stockings. ─ The British Controversialist (1854)
