MEŠTROVIĆ
MAY LEWIS
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Journal of Croatian Studies, XXIV,
1983, – Annual Review of the Croatian Academy of America, Inc. New York, N.Y.,
Electronic edition by Studia Croatica, by permission. All rights
reserved by the Croatian Academy of America.
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This beauty rises, arching the
unknown;
Here are new molds to hold the
infinite—
Beatitude. These angels' wings are
blown
Upward with windy fire; in some
high zone
Their lids have closed on overwhelming
light.
This Mother is Fulfilment; this
contrite,
Adoring Magdalen is more than
stone.
An eye, adventuring, has found new
curves,
A symmetry enclosing star and sod;
Truth is a chisel in this hand she
serves,
Scribing the separate symbols of the
Whole:
Only the Lawgiver has looked on
God,
But this man sees the outline of
the soul.
New York, 1924