20. The Place Of Rest

George William Russell

UNTO the deep the deep heart goes,
It lays its sadness nigh the breast:
Only the Mighty Mother knows
The wounds that quiver unconfessed.


It seeks a deeper silence still;
It folds itself around with peace,
Where thoughts alike of good or ill
In quietness unfostered cease.


It feels in the unwounding vast
For comfort for its hopes and fears:
The Mighty Mother bows at last;
She listens to her children’s tears.


Where the last anguish deepens—there
The fire of beauty smites through pain:
A glory moves amid despair,
The Mother takes her child again.

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• George William Russell : 21. The Dawn Of Darkness
• George William Russell : 22. Waiting
• George William Russell : 23. The Symbol Seduces
• George William Russell : 24. Rest
• George William Russell : 25. Pity
• George William Russell : 26. The City
• George William Russell : 27. Dust
• George William Russell : 28. The Virgin Mother
• George William Russell : 29. Dana
• George William Russell : 3. By The Margin Of The Great Deep

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• George William Russell : 19. Desire
• George William Russell : 18. Frolic
• George William Russell : 173. Epilogue
• George William Russell : 172. Reconciliation
• George William Russell : 171. Content
• George William Russell : 170. Unity
• George William Russell : 17. The Divine Vision
• George William Russell : 169. Momentary
• George William Russell : 168. In Memoriam