Vladimir Solovyov: Triumphing over death from the start (from Three Meetings)

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Triumphing over death from the start (from Three Meetings)

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by Vladimir Solovyov
(1853 - 1900) Timeline

English version by
Ivan M. Granger

Original Language
Russian

Christian : Eastern Orthodox

Secular or Eclectic

19th Century

Triumphing over death from the start
Stilling time's unyielding wheel with love's art,
Eternal Beloved, your name is held hid in my heart,
But please hear my timorous song.

Free from the world's deceptive mind,
Beneath rough matter's rind,
I saw eternal violet, rich royal purple;
I discovered divine light...

Three times you gave yourself to my living sight --
No phantom, no mere mind's flight --
As omen, aid, and as award,
Your image answered my stifled call.

1875

/ Photo by mydearDelilah /

Themes

Death

Freedom

Heart

King

Light

Recommended Books

	Dostoevsky and Soloviev: The Art of Integral Vision, by Marina Kostalevsky
	The Heart of Reality: Essays on Beauty, Love and Ethics, by Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov / Edited by Vladimir Wozniuk
	The Justification of the Good: An Essay on Moral Philosophy, by Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov / Edited by Boris Jakim
	Lectures on Divine Humanity: (Library of Russian Philosophy), by Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov / Edited by Boris Jakim
	The Meaning of Love: (Library of Russian Philosophy), by Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov

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Stilling time's unyielding wheel with love's art,
Eternal Beloved, your name is held hid in my heart...

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