Editorial note — HEROIC ENTHUSIASTS. (continued 2)
L. Williams translation
[AG]
... Gaze, as thy lips have said, On God Eternal, Very God! See me, see what thou prayest!
O Eyes of God! O Head! My strength of soul is fled. Gone is heart's force, rebuked is mind's desire! When I behold Thee so, With awful brows a-glow, With burning glance, and lips lighted by fire, Fierce as those flames which shall Consume, at close of all, Earth, Heaven!
God is it I did see, This unknown marvel of Thy Form! but fear Mingles with joy! Retake, Dear Lord! for pity's sake, Thine earthly shape, which earthly eyes may bear! —("The Song Celestial.") (Sir Edwin Arnold's translation.)