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Page 74 - AND he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
Page 218 - J'effondrerai des cieux la voûte dérisoire. Par delà l'épaisseur de ce sépulcre bas Sur qui gronde le bruit sinistre de ton pas, Je ferai bouillonner les mondes dans leur gloire. Et qui t'y cherchera ne t'y trouvera pas. Et ce sera mon jour ! Et, d'étoile en étoile, Le bienheureux Ëden longuement regretté Verra renaître Abel sur mon cœur abrité; Et toi, mort et cousu sous la funèbre toile, Tu t'anéantiras dans ta stérilité.
Page 74 - But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
Page 218 - Dieu triste, Dieu jaloux qui dérobes ta face, Dieu qui mentais, disant que ton œuvre était bon, Mon souffle, ô Pétrisseur de l'antique limon, Un jour redressera ta victime vivace. Tu lui diras : Adore ! Elle répondra : Non ! D'heure en heure, lahvèh!
Page 218 - Je ressusciterai les cités submergées, Et celles dont le sable a couvert les monceaux ; Dans leur lit écumeux j'enfermerai les eaux; Et les petits enfants des nations vengées, Ne sachant plus ton nom. riront dans leurs berceaux.
Page 218 - Afin d'exterminer le monde qui te nie. Tu feras ruisseler le sang comme une mer, Tu feras s'acharner les tenailles de fer, Tu feras flamboyer, dans l'horreur infinie, Près des bûchers hurlants le gouffre de l'Enfer...
Page 7 - I AM that which began ; Out of me the years roll ; Out of me God and man ; I am equal and whole ; God changes, and man, and the form of them bodily ; I am the soul.
Page 117 - To discuss God apart from Nature is both difficult and perilous ; it is as if we separated the soul from the body. We know the soul only through the medium of the body, and God only through Nature. Hence the absurdity, as it appears to me, of accusing those of absurdity who philosophically have united God with the world. For everything which exists, necessarily pertains to the essence of God, because God is the one Being whose existence includes all things. Nor does the Holy Scripture contradict...