“But Love’s bright fount is never pure;
And all his pilgrims must endure
All passion’s mighty suffering
Ere they may reach the blessed spring.”
Title Poem
The Improvisatrice (1824)
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Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 264

with contrition and compassion. And that shewed our Lord in this time, and gave me strength and grace to see it.
The Eighth Revelation, Chapter 21

“Endurance is the crowning quality,
And patience all the passion of great hearts.”
Columbus (1844)