 | J. F. Fuller - 1996 - 342 pages
...set the true lyre of Buddhism reverberating- in her grand and noble prayer, "The Choir Invisible." May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls...that have no cruelty, Be the sweet presence of a good diftus'd And in diffusion ever more intense! So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the... | |
 | Teresa Brennan, Martin Jay - 1996 - 254 pages
...concepts here. Her concluding idea of heaven is of continued presence as diffusion. Her hope is to Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.29 Sound is the redeemed... | |
 | Maggie Oman Shannon - 2000 - 324 pages
...Translatcd by Stephen Mitchell December 22 English novelist George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) dies in 1880 May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls...great agony, Enkindle generous ardour, feed pure love, Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense! So shall I join the choir... | |
 | Peter D. Groenewegen - 1998 - 230 pages
...rectitude, in scorn "For miserable aims that end with self; "Enkindle generous ardour, feed pure love. "Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, "And in diffusion ever more intense. "So shall they join the choir invisible "Whose music is the gladness of the world." (Prolonged cheers.)... | |
 | George Eliot - 1909 - 302 pages
...ever. This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls...good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world. 1887. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN... | |
 | Rachel R. Baum - 1999 - 188 pages
...forever. This is life to come— Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven — be to other souls...of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty, Be the sweet presence of a good diffused,... | |
 | M J Ryan - 2002 - 282 pages
...your mind, it is your best friend and closest sister. — DOM HELDER CAMARA "THE DESERT is FERTILE' That purest heaven, be to other souls The cup of strength...great agony, Enkindle generous ardour, feed pure love, Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense! So shall I join the choir... | |
 | Shirley Jane Endicott - 2003 - 269 pages
...then: To live in scorn for miserable aims that end with self, ...may I reach That purest heaven, to be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony... It was that line I used to wonder about when I was growing up: would I ever be in circumstances where... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 pages
...forever. This is life to come, — Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, — be to other souls...of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty, Be the sweet presence of a good diffused,... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 2005 - 361 pages
...that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge men's search To vaster issues "May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls The cup of strength in somc great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty —... | |
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May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty — Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense.... 
