This Deity

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“If you have ever come on a dense wood of ancient trees that have risen to an exceptional height, shutting out all sight of the sky with one thick screen of branches upon another, the loftiness of the forest, the seclusion of the spot, your sense of wonderment at finding so deep and unbroken a gloom out of doors, will persuade you of the presence of a deity”- from Letter XLI of Seneca

THIS DEITY

There seems a place, set deep in gloom,

when roll the banks of fog aside,

those teeming vapours, time’s perfume,

that rank enfolding, clog the mind

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A still uncharted crystal spring,

through mist and strife, beyond a door,

from far below, on whispered wings,

this will to life and bondage soars

Image; the Turoe Stone, an Iron Age limestone engraving from Ireland