‘Always, wherever, whatever, however,
When I am able to resist
For once the constant pressure of failure to exist,
Let me remember
That truly to be man is to be man aware of Thee
And unafraid to be. So help me God.’
(David Gascoyne, ‘Fragments towards a religio poetae’)
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Very profound. Somethin to meditate on for sure. 🙂
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Yes, I thought it was great when I found it in a book of the same name.
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I love these sayings a favorite was a dragon fly picture I had and underneath it said you must be born again.xxx
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Yes, when I put together a new service for our last church, a lot of people couldn’t read very well or their first language wasn’t English. So I used lots of pictures, not just to illustrate but to help people to think. And on the page with the confession, and the forgiveness, I put a picture of a butterfly with the words ‘new life!’ underneath – to remind people that when God forgives us He gives us new life, a new way of living :yes:
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That and the swan are totally beautiful.xxxxx
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Thank you, Dina.
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Profound insight….beautifully expressed…..Hugs! :)xx
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thanks! Hope you are enjoying ‘God’s own county’ 😉 and time with old friends. A great blessing!
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:)):)) You will have noted…by now…Got back home last night..;)x
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Welcome back! :wave:
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So beautiful
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I think so too … Gascoyne was a troubled guy.
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Great comments and image…
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Pleased you like them, Pete.
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What a lovey picture. . . . .and words 🙂
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Thanks, namesake 😉
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Lovely.
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Glad you like it.
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Intreguing verse.I know little about Gascoyne.must learn more. Thankyou. The swan is most appropriate
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thanks, BB. It’s hard to track down Gascoyne. It’s the title of a seminal book written by Ruth Etchells, who lectured at Durham on English literature, and gives a masterly survey of mid-2oth century writing. She died recently.
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