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As in Paradise

by Paul Ramsey
Issue #31
Fall 1983
(suggested by parts of Petrarch's Sonnet 98) In Heaven speakers touch voices on voices And God shines on the nearness of each voice (No need for asking or hesitation) with such love As guides the small light of stars at...

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