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light, lucid light. In writing, the Piper’s innocence vanishes. His state of grace, of presence, of being, begins to elude him for now he desires his songs to be ever- lasting. Aided by his newly crafted rural pen, he begins to stain the spontaneous music and clarity of his soul. And the ineffable Holy Word transforms itself into a portable reality 3⁄4 a sacred word, a page, a book 3⁄4 stitched and bound with the wisdom of nature and of Prophecy:
“Hear the voice of the Bard!
Who present, past and future sees, Whose ears have heard
The Holy Word,
That walked among the ancient trees.”
(Verses 1-5) 30
And from Song to Word, he wayfares from Poet to Priestly Lord 3⁄4 all–seeing. As the Living Word he forms, it arises forth in rime and rhythm, stress and song. In time, the Christian Logos’ cheery songs, the Lamb’s Holy Spirit are, “the Happy Songs every child may joy to hear.”
30 Blake, William. The Poetry and Prose of W. Blake. “Songs of Experience.” Introduction. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1970.
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