For out of the first lattice
Are the red lands that break
And out of the second lattice
Sea like a green snake,
Are the red lands that break
And out of the second lattice
Sea like a green snake,
But out of the third lattice
Under low eaves like wings
Is a new corner of the sky
And the other side of things."
Under low eaves like wings
Is a new corner of the sky
And the other side of things."
It opened in the inmost place an instant beyond uttering,
A casement and a chasm and a thunder of doors undone,
A seraph's strong wing shaken out the shock of its unshuttering,
That split the shattered sunlight from a light behind the sun.
A casement and a chasm and a thunder of doors undone,
A seraph's strong wing shaken out the shock of its unshuttering,
That split the shattered sunlight from a light behind the sun.
"Then he drew sword and drave her
Where the judges sat and said
'Caesar sits above the gods,
Barbara the maid.
Where the judges sat and said
'Caesar sits above the gods,
Barbara the maid.
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