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With Roots Above and Branches Below
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Divine Revelation I am firmly founded
on the roots of your Word,
the declarations of your love.
But my branches extend
across to my fellow human
touching him with your grace.
Without needing to cite the history of ancient languages, I can still say this poem is exquisitely beautiful, and the metaphor is perfect.
Starward
beautiful poem
The metaphor of the upside down tree is an ancient
Sanskrit one...
Sanskrit, the mother of all Biblical languages (Aramaic
Hebrew Greek Latin) has been described by Judge William
Jones as 'more perfect than Latin more copious than
Greek and more exquisitely refined than either'