For man to act as if his soul did see
The very brightness of eternity;
For man to act as if his love did burn
Above the spheres, even while it's in its urn;
For man to act even in the wilderness
As if he did those sovereign joys possess
Which do at once confirm, stir up, inflame
And perfect angels - having not the same!
It doth increase the value of his deeds;
In this a man a Seraphim exceeds.
. . .
From "Flowers of Heaven" - One Thousand Years of Christian Verse
Compiled by Joseph Pearce
Ignatius Press, 1999
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