Remembering Eunice Tietjens #3 – The Altar of Heaven
Posted: January 1st, 2018 | 1 Comment »written sometime before 1917 during a visit to Peking….
The Altar of Heaven
Beneath the leaning, rain-washed sky this great white circle – beautiful!
In three white terraces the circle lies, piled one on one towards Haven. And on each terrace the white balustrade climbs in aspiring marble, etched in cloud.
And Heaven is very near.
For this is worship native as the air, wide as the wind, and poignant as the rain,
Pure aspiration, the eternal dream.
Beneath the leaning sky this great white circle!
Peking
Happy New Year, Mr. French! I look forward to another year of enjoyable, China related articles. I’ve learned things I didn’t know about China and I’ve had my literary interests broadened. So, thank you, also!