Poesia (11) | William Blake - Divine Image

Regresso a William Blake na secção deste blog dedicada àqueles poemas que têm em si impressas as impressões digitais do Deus Cristão, do Deus do Amor infinito que resplandece em toda a criação, mas de modo particular numa humanidade criada à sua imagem. Nada melhor, então, do que aqui deixar Divine Image.

 

 Divine Image

To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
All pray in their distress;
And to these virtues of delight
Return their thankfulness.

For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
Is God, our father dear,
And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
Is Man, his child and care.

For Mercy has a human heart,
Pity a human face,
And Love, the human form divine,
And Peace, the human dress.

 Then every man, of every clime,
That prays in his distress,
Prays to the human form divine,
Love, Mercy, Pity, Peace.

And all must love the human form,
In heathen, turk, or jew;
Where Mercy, Love, & Pity dwell
There God is dwelling too.