COLUMBA AND THE VIKING.(Poem)

Chicago Review | June 22, 2001| | Copyright

Miracles and violence--the two extremes of a lack of faith.

On this day the Raven came to Iona--63 of the Brethren put to the sword. Their king had Columba brought to him as he commanded the island from the Hill of the Angels and they spoke together thus: 

 
             VIKING:  COLUMBA: 
             you are  my kind 
               a man  of God 
       who has never  loved life 
              enough  and requires 
               human  sacrifice 
          thought is  too frail 
           too small  our faith 
            it fails  to grasp 
at the great ...

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