place
Jerusalem
The holy city; one of the 'shining lands' in which Kasimir imagines the meeting of two as the meeting of two captains, each with half the world behind him.
Reading notes
- The Life of the Virgin Mary §13 Jerusalem
The holy city, to which the dying Mary draws the heavens near so that her soul need only stretch a little to cross.
- The Book of Hours §48 Jerusalem
Jerusalem, the holy city; here the prayerful self becomes 'a jubilant Jerusalem' in the valley, its streets running east toward the sunrise.
- The Last Ones §68 Jerusalem
The holy city, named with Egypt and the Ganges as a 'shining land' for the image of love as a meeting of two captains.