The Image of God
from The Spanish Of Francisco De Aldana
The Image of God - meaning Summary
Reflected Divine Likeness
This brief sonnetlike prayer addresses God as the eternal source of life and our original likeness. The speaker laments moral or spiritual dimming with age but affirms trust in Heaven. He asks for the divine presence to shine so that his spirit will once again bear God’s image, comparing the restored soul to a reflection that owes its being to the gaze that creates it.
Read Complete AnalysesO Lord! who seest, from yon starry height Centred in one the future and the past Fashioned in thine own image, see The world obscures in me what once was bright! Eternal Sun! the warmth which thou hast given, To cheer life's flowery April, fast decays; Yet in the hoary winter of my days, For ever green shall be my trust in Heaven. Celestial King! Oh let thy presence pass Before my spirit, and an image fair Shall meet that look of mercy from on high, As the reflected image in a glass Doth meet the look of him who seeks it there, And owes its being to the gazer's eye.
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