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HEAVEN AND EARTH. - ZaunköniG - 26.12.2007 HEAVEN AND EARTH. "And there was silence in heaven for the space of half an hour." REVELATION, GOD, who, with thunders and great voices kept Beneath Thy throne, and stars most silver-paced Along the inferior gyres, and open-faced Melodious angels round;--canst intercept Music with music;--yet, at will, hast swept All back, all back, (said he in Patmos placed) To fill the heavens with silence of the waste, Which lasted half an hour!--Lo, I, who have wept All day and night, beseech Thee, by my tears, And by that dread response of curse and groan Men alternate across these hemispheres, Vouchsafe us such a half-hour's hush alone, In compensation for our noisy years! As heaven has paused from song, let earth, from moan. |