HI,,,,, I have some problem with ' i never lost asmuch but twice'
Will you help me in understandig the lines
Angels-twice decending
Reimbursed my store-
burgular! Banker-father!
I am poor once more
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HI,,,,, I have some problem with ' i never lost asmuch but twice'
Will you help me in understandig the lines
Angels-twice decending
Reimbursed my store-
burgular! Banker-father!
I am poor once more
Angels descending probably alludes to Jacob's ladder of Genesis. Coming down from heaven, angels rescued the poet from desolation. But earthly agents - burglar, banker, father - dragged her down once more. The infinite saves: the finite destroys.Quote:
Originally Posted by TANU89
Quote:
Genesis 28:12___And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.