God sings! Tis beauty that killed the beast. Thank you for pointing us to beauty. Just as we reflect His light our songs are echoes of His song. Bertrand Russell once famously remarked that his greatest regret as an atheist was he had no one to thank. That’s really good sir but I rather think it’s that your atheism left you with no song. Or, the song you sang was in discord with the song of the Creator. Tolkien got it - “The Song of the Ainur”. Keep singing, brother.
I've really appreciated this series, and I say that as someone who has a hard time connecting with poetry (to my shame - the curse of being a lifelong speed reader) and had never read this particular poem before. Thank you for this heartening and comforting conclusion.
Thank you Alan; I thoroughly appreciated your work with this poem and the beautiful unpacking you did of Eliot's genius. It leaves me loving His Church, art, poetry, and above all Jesus; much more.
The last lines could be very inspiring for a modern hymn/psalm titled: "Our Hope in Light Invisible"
“…at night his song is with me…” Psalm 42:8
God sings! Tis beauty that killed the beast. Thank you for pointing us to beauty. Just as we reflect His light our songs are echoes of His song. Bertrand Russell once famously remarked that his greatest regret as an atheist was he had no one to thank. That’s really good sir but I rather think it’s that your atheism left you with no song. Or, the song you sang was in discord with the song of the Creator. Tolkien got it - “The Song of the Ainur”. Keep singing, brother.
I've really appreciated this series, and I say that as someone who has a hard time connecting with poetry (to my shame - the curse of being a lifelong speed reader) and had never read this particular poem before. Thank you for this heartening and comforting conclusion.
Thank you Alan; I thoroughly appreciated your work with this poem and the beautiful unpacking you did of Eliot's genius. It leaves me loving His Church, art, poetry, and above all Jesus; much more.
The last lines could be very inspiring for a modern hymn/psalm titled: "Our Hope in Light Invisible"