Richard Garnett (1835–1906) British scholar, librarian, biographer and poet
De Flagello myrteo. xiii.
“A spark without its fire, a drop without its sea,
Without rebirth what more, pray, wouldst thou be?”
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Without rebirth what more, pray, wouldst thou be?" by Angelus Silesius?
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Amors sanz crieme et sans peor
Est feus sanz flame et sanz chalor,
Jorz sanz soloil, bresche sanz miel,
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Variant: In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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