words & thoughts do both expresse this notion, That hath with the sun a double motion. The first straight, and our diurnall friend, The other and doth obliquely bend. One life is wrapt flesh, and tends to earth: The other winds towards , whose happie birth Taught me to live here so, still one eye Should aim and shoot at that which on high: Quitting with daily labour all pleasure, To gain at harvest an eternall |
Colossians 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. [The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.] For other Bible versions and commentary see The World Wide Study Bible. Music Interpretation: "Coloss. 3.3 Piano Trio in A Major" by Red Dragon |
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