H. D. (Hilda Doolittle) - Tribute to the Angles lyrics

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H. D. (Hilda Doolittle) - Tribute to the Angles lyrics

But nearer than Guardian Angel or good Daemon, she is the counter-coin-side of primitive terror; she is not-fear, she is not-war, but she is no symbolic figure of peace, charity, chastity, goodness, faith, hope, reward; she is not Justice with eyes blindfolded like Love's; I grant you the dove's symbolic purity, I grant you her face was innocent and immaculate and her veils like the Lamb's Bride, but the Lamb was not with her, either as Bridegroom or Child; her attention is undivided, we are her bridegroom and lamb;