These are the symbols. On that cloth of red I' the centre is the Tripoint: perfect each, Except the second of its points, to teach That Christ is not yet born. The books--whose head Is golden Charity, as Paul hath said-- Those virtues are wherein the soul is rich: Therefore on them the lily standeth, which Is Innocence, being interpreted. The seven-thorn'd briar and the palm seven-leaved Are her great sorrow and her great reward. Until the end be full, the Holy One Abides without. She soon shall have achieved Her perfect purity: yea, God the Lord Shall soon vouchsafe His Son to be her Son. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WHITE RABBIT by KAREN SWENSON VOYAGE A L'INFINI by WALTER CONRAD ARENSBERG TO MR. S.T. COLERIDGE by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL BELLS FOR JOHN WHITESIDE'S DAUGHTER by JOHN CROWE RANSOM THE MASK OF ANARCHY; WRITTEN ON OCCASION OF MASSACRE AT MANCHESTER by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY |