“We and it and all together flashing through the starry spaces
In a tempest dream of beauty lighting up the place of places.”

— George William Russell

The Nuts of Knowledge (1903)
Context: We and it and all together flashing through the starry spaces
In a tempest dream of beauty lighting up the place of places.
Half our eyes behold the glory: half within the spirit's glow
Echoes of the noiseless revels and the will of beauty go.
By a hand of fire uplifted—to her star-strewn palace brought,
To the mystic heart of beauty and the secret of her thought:

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Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, and artistic painter 1867–1935

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