This section is from the book "Selected Poems Of Francis Thompson", by Francis Thompson and Wilfrid Meynell. Also available from Amazon: Selected Poems of Francis Thompson.
ON him the unpetitioned heavens descend,
Who heaven on earth proposes not for end;
The perilous and celestial excess
Taking with peace, lacking with thankfulness.
Bliss in extrême befits thee not, until
Thou'rt not extrême in bliss; be equal stili:
Sweets to be granted think thyself unmeet
Till thou have learned to hold sweet not too sweet.
This thing not far is he from wise in art
Who teacheth; nor who doth, from wise in he art.
 
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