Angelus Silesius Poems

Eternity is time
And time eternity,
Except when we ourselves.
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Friend, whatever you are, you must not stand still:
One must from one light into the other spill
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God is a pure no-thing,
concealed in now and here:
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God, whose love and joy are present everywhere,
Can't come to visit you unless you aren't there.
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God is my final end;
Does he from me evolve,
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I do not believe in death: I die by the hour, each day
And I have found a better life this way
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In God nought e'er is known,
Forever one is He.
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In Spirit senses are
One and the same. 'T is true,
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God is the purest naught, untouched by time and space;
The more you reach for Him, the more He will escape.
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Where is my dewelling place? Where I can never stand.
Where is my final goal, toward which I should ascend?
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