Motif
cosmic decree of impermanent pleasure
cosmic_decree_of_impermanent_pleasure
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Cosmos and Cosmology. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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The Persian Mystics: Jámí EDITORIAL NOTE / INTRODUCTION / THE BABY DARLING / LOVE'S EARTHLY WAY; lines 864-891 confidence: high
“But rolling Heaven whisper'd from his ambush, / ‘So in my license is it not set down.’”
Heaven declares that the lovers’ ongoing bliss is not licensed and describes sweet societies ending by nightfall or sunrise.
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