To 

 CONRAD NOEL 



Priest of Thaxted 



and 



Prophet of Christ's Kingdom 



on Earth 



"Urbs Sion unica, mansio mystica, condita caelo, 

 Nunc tibi gaudio, nunc tibi lugeo, tristor, anhelo; 

 Te, quia corpora non queo, pectore saepe penetro, 

 Sed caro terrea, terraque carnea, mox cado retro. 

 Nemo retexere, nemoque promere sustinet ore 

 Quo tua moenia, quo capitolia plena nitore. 

 Id queo dicere, quo modo tangere poliice coelum 

 Ut mare currere, sicut in aere, figere telum. 

 Opprimit omne cor ille tuus decor, O Sion, O Pax, 

 Urbs sine tempore, nulla potest fore, laus tibi, mendax; 

 O nova mansio, te pia concio, gens pia munit, 

 Provehit, excitat, auget, identitat, efficat, unit." 



from the Rhythm of Bernard of Cluny. 

 "Hora novissima," 12th century. 



"Somewhere beyond the railheads 

 Of Reason, soudi or north. 

 Lies a Magnetic Mountain, 

 Riveting sky to earth." 



C. Day Lewis 



