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Stylite Poems - Poems about Stylite


The Stylite

...On the spire stands the Stylite
Who -for thirty years alone-
Has in his ascetic fervor,
Severed joint from bone.

One legged he stands, and arms held high,
Deaf to the world beneath.
The Styli...
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Categories: stylite, death, god, religion,
Form: Lyric

Book: Reflection on the Important Things