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Very, Jones

(Encyclopedia) Very, Jones, 1813–80, American poet, b. Salem, Mass., studied at Harvard Divinity School. His mystical poems express his belief in total surrender to the will of God and his reverence…

Lamentations

(Encyclopedia) Lamentations, book of the Bible, placed immediately after Jeremiah, to whose author it has been ascribed since ancient times. It was probably composed by several authors. It is a…

Cartwright, William

(Encyclopedia) Cartwright, William, 1611–43, English author and divine. An ardent royalist and disciple of Ben Jonson, he had a high reputation as a preacher and author. In addition to his poems,…

Poems: A Divine Image

by WilliamBlakeThe Voice of the Ancient BardA Divine Image Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face; Terror the human form divine, And Secresy the human dress.…

Poems: Divine Image

by WilliamBlakeA SongHoly ThursdayDivine Image To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love, All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. For…

Traherne, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Traherne, ThomasTraherne, Thomastrəhûrnˈ [key], 1636?–1674, English poet and prose writer, one of the metaphysical poets. He was schooled at Brasenose College, Oxford, and was chaplain…

More, Henry

(Encyclopedia) More, Henry, 1614–87, English philosopher, one of the foremost representatives of the school of Cambridge Platonists. His writings emphasized the mystical and theosophic phases of that…

Orphic Mysteries

(Encyclopedia) Orphic Mysteries or Orphism, religious cult of ancient Greece, prominent in the 6th cent. b.c. According to legend Orpheus founded these mysteries and was the author of the sacred…

Soloviev, Vladimir Sergeyevich

(Encyclopedia) Soloviev, Vladimir SergeyevichSoloviev, Vladimir Sergeyevichvlədyēˈmĭr sĭrgāˈəvĭch sələvyôfˈ [key], 1853–1900, Russian religious philosopher and poet; son of Sergei Mikhailovich…

Judah ha-Levi

(Encyclopedia) Judah ha-Levi or Judah HalevyJudah ha-Leviboth: j&oomacr;ˈdə [key]Judah ha-Levihäˌlēˈvī [key], c.1075–1141, Jewish rabbi, poet, and philosopher, b. Tudela, Spain. His poems—…