To pile like Thunder to its close 1
Then crumble grand away
While Everything created hid
This－would be Poetry－
Or Love－the two coeval come－5
We both and neither prove－
Experience either and consume－
For None see God and live－
Then crumble grand away
While Everything created hid
This－would be Poetry－
Or Love－the two coeval come－5
We both and neither prove－
Experience either and consume－
For None see God and live－
(F.1353/J.1247)
[1, 2] Thunder, close, crumble:: God's punishment.
[3] everything created hid:: everything created by God unseen, hidden from us.
[4] Poetry:: creative literature in general; fable, fiction (OED 3d).
[5] Love, two coeval come:: the love and punishment come together with God.
[6–8] prove, Experience, God:: people have experienced both love and punishment, but no proof that they are from God.