When Eckhart taught of inner birth
and death I underlined his book
and then I wept into my palm.

O vocative! O Christendom!
Not like the scribes, that voice.

When Tauler taught of inner death
and birth I lay aside his book
and paced my room, to calm.

Not like the scribes, that voice.
O vocative. O Christendom.

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