AE (George William Russell): The Unknown God

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The Unknown God

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by AE (George William Russell)
(1867 - 1935) Timeline

Original Language
English

Secular or Eclectic

20th Century

Far up the dim twilight fluttered
     Moth-wings of vapour and flame:
The lights danced over the mountains,
     Star after star they came.

The lights grew thicker unheeded,
     For silent and still were we;
Our hearts were drunk with a beauty
     Our eyes could never see.

-- from Collected Poems of George William Russell, by George William Russell

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Themes

Fire

Heart

Light

Mountain

Silence

Recommended Books

	AE in the Irish Theosophist, by George William Russell
	By Still Waters: Lyrical Poems Old and New, by George William Russell
	The Candle of Vision: Inner Worlds of the Imagination, by George William Russell
	Collected Poems of George William Russell, by George William Russell
	Descent of the Gods: The Mystical Writings of G. W. Russell - A.E., by George William Russell / Edited by Raghavan Iyer

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