Juxtapositions: A Dialogue of Sorts
Strength demanded that seems too much is just strength enough given. (TS Eliot)
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"Tell me something, Stamp. Tell me this one thing. How much is [a man] supposed to take? Tell me. How much?"
"All he can," said Stamp Paid. "All he can."
"Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?" (Toni Morrison, Beloved)
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At least to pray is left, is left.
O Jesus! in the air
I know not which thy chamber is, --
I'm knocking everywhere.
Thou stirrest earthquake in the South,
And maelstrom in the sea;
Say, Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
Hast thou no arm for me?
At least to pray is left, is left.
O Jesus! in the air
I know not which thy chamber is, --
I'm knocking everywhere.
Thou stirrest earthquake in the South,
And maelstrom in the sea;
Say, Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
Hast thou no arm for me?
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O LORD, my heart is not lifted up;
My eyes are not raised too high;
I do not occupy myself with things
too great and marvelous for me.
But I have calmed and quieted my soul
like a weaned child with its mother;
like a weaned child is my soul within me.
O Israel, hope in the LORD
for this time and forever more.
(Psalm 131)
(Psalm 131)
Emily Dickinson and Psalm 131 - two of my favorite things. Thank you for putting them together, Juliet, this is beautiful.