On The Group Of The Three Angels Before The Tent Of Abraham [sonnet]

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Title:     On The Group Of The Three Angels Before The Tent Of Abraham [sonnet]
Author: Washington Allston [More Titles by Allston]

On the Group of the Three Angels before
the Tent of Abraham, by RAFFAELLE, in the Vatican.

Oh, now I feel as though another sense
From Heaven descending had informed my soul;
I feel the pleasurable, full control
Of Grace, harmonious, boundless, and intense.
In thee, celestial Group, embodied lives
The subtle mystery; that speaking gives
Itself resolv'd: the essences combin'd
Of Motion ceaseless, Unity complete.
Borne like a leaf by some soft eddying wind,
Mine eyes, impelled as by enchantment sweet,
From part to part with circling motion rove,
Yet seem unconscious of the power to move;
From line to line through endless changes run,
O'er countless shapes, yet seem to gaze on One.

[The end]
Washington Allston's poem: On The Group Of The Three Angels Before The Tent Of Abraham [sonnet]

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