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Mary Baker Eddy

Books

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Book
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Other Writings
79
1910
22
1970
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Poems

Poems
Poems 


Each of these Other Writings calls for a whole chapter to itself, and
Poems more so than most because of the essentially metaphysical nature
of poetry and its relation to Science. Ifwe look into this aspect first it will
illuminate Mrs Eddy's poems and the force of the fifteenth book.
The word 'poem' is from the Greek poiein, to make, to arrange or
construct. The poet makes sense out of experience, by revealing its
meaning. By making us see the meaning he recreates with the creator.
Poetry is creative in that it discloses a significance we had not seen, and
reunites us with the great springs of being. "Poetry is itself a thing of
God; / He made His prophets poets" says P.]. Bailey in "Festus."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning says, "God is Himself the best Poet, / And
the Real is His song."
Professor Erich Heller provides deep insight into the subject of poetry
and meaning: "Poetry always means more than itself. Its meaning is the
vindication of the worth and value of the world, of life and of human
experience. At heart all poetry is praise and celebration .... Whatever it
does, it cannot but confirm the existence of a meaningful world - even
when it denounces its meaninglessness. Poetry means order, even with
the indictment of chaos; it means hope, even with the outcry of despair.
It is concerned with the true stature of things." (The Hazard of Modern
Poetry. )
Poetry, like spiritual sense, is heart-knowledge first before the head
gives it words. It appeals t...
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                        Poems 


  	        OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN 

 1	    GIGANTIC sire, unfallen still thy
  	        crest! 
 3	    Primeval dweller where the wild
  	        winds rest,
  	    Beyond the ken of mortal e'er to tell
 6	    What power sustains thee in thy rock-bound
  	        cell. 

  	    Or if, when first creation vast began,
 9	    And far the universal fiat ran,
  	    "Let there be light" — from chaos dark set
  	        free,
12	    Ye rose, a monument of Deity,

  	    Proud from yon cloud-crowned height to
  	        look henceforth
15	    On insignificance that peoples earth,
  	    Recalling oft the bitter draft which turns
  	    The mind to meditate on what it learns. 
 
2              Poems by Mary Baker Eddy


 1	    Stern, passionless, no soul those looks betray;
  	    Though kindred rocks, to sport at mortal
 3	        clay — 
  	    Much as the chisel of the sculptor's art
  	    "Plays round the head, but comes not to
 6	        the heart." 

  	    Ah, who can fathom thee! Ambitious man,
  	    Like a trained falcon in the Gallic van,
 9	    Guided and led, can never reach to thee
  	    With all the strength of weakness — vanity! 

  	    Great as thou art, and paralleled by none,
12	    Admired by all, still art thou drear and lone! 
  	    The moon looks down upon thine exiled
  	        height;
15	    The stars, so cold, so glitteringly bright,

  	    On wings of morning gladly ...
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