“Tis aye a solemn thing to me To look upon a babe that sleeps-- Wearing in its spirit-deeps The unrevealed mystery Of its Adam's taint and woe, Which, when they revealed lie, Will not let it slumber so.” LooksSpiritLyingSleepMysteryLook UpAdamWoeSolemnBabeInfancySlumber Book:The Brownings' Correspondence: January 1838-December 1840, letters 602-783 Source: The Brownings' Correspondence: January 1838-December 1840, letters 602-783
“Woe to the man that first did teach the cursed steel to bite in his own flesh, and make way to the living spirit!” MenWayFirstsWarSpiritTeachHe ManFleshBitesSteelWoeCursed Author:Edmund Spenser