Late have I loved you
O beauty ever ancient, ever new!
Late have I loved you
And behold, you were within;
And I without, and without I sought you.
You have made.
You were with me
And I was not with you.
Those things held me back from you,
things whose only only being was to be in you.
You called; You cried; and
You broke through my deafness.
You flashed; You shone;
and you chased away my blindness.
You became fragrant; and
I inhaled and sighed for you.
I tasted and now hunger and thirst for you.
You touched me; and I burned for your embrace.

~~St. Augustine
From A Paean to God.

Love,
-AKK!


[This message was edited by ABHAY on Thursday May 8th, 2003 at 02:57 AM.]

Dear AKK,

Thank you for this beautiful,
spiritual gift.

Love, Inda

Dear AKK

this is where I am
thirsty!

Love,

Lilie

Dear AKK, thank you for sharing S. Augustine's infinitely beautiful words .... we are all there ... thirsty, searching and hopefully finding!

I have recently written this senryu:

I inhale your scent
as the divine breeze of life
Love is born anew

Wonderful moments of awareness of what really counts...
Thank you.
Love, Margherita

*****************

On a dolphin’s back
I ride my ocean of tears
she giggles me through

senryu by Margherita

Thank you for sharing this embrace.

Love,
Sylvie

Thank you for this beauty!

Gisele

Thank you ABHAY.

This is a very beautiful prayer.

We miss you on Givnology.

Love,
Sue

Thank you ABHAY, wherever you are.
I also missed this beautiful prayer when you originally posted it.I think we were just a bit too busy trying to cover all the topics on the new board, and we were not quite used to posting here.

quote:

Late have I loved you
O beauty ever ancient, ever new!
Late have I loved you
And behold, you were within;
And I without, and without I sought you.
You have made.
You were with me
And I was not with you.
Those things held me back from you,
things whose only only being was to be in you.
You called; You cried; and
You broke through my deafness.
You flashed; You shone;
and you chased away my blindness.
You became fragrant; and
I inhaled and sighed for you.
I tasted and now hunger and thirst for you.
You touched me; and I burned for your embrace.

~~St. Augustine
From A Paean to God.

Love,
Vicky

Thank you ABHAY ,
for the beautiful prayer.

Love,
yoko

Dear AKKI,

Wherever you are, thank you again for this love filled beautiful poem.

It is the perfect message for St. Valentine's day.

Love, Inda