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AU1_1ST
Weimar
AU1_2ND
Port
LG1_THIS
English
FILE_NAME
port_chicago_pagan
PUB_THIS
Judy Publishing Company
CITY_THIS
Chicago
DATE_THIS
1953
COLLECTION1
Excerpt
COLLECTION2
Poetry
TITLE_THIS
Chicago the Pagan
PAGE_RANGE
167-168
POST_DATE
2015-10-19
POST_BY
Jonah Winters
PERMISSION
fair use
BLURB
2-page description of the Bahá'í Temple in Wilmette, with a poem about it by Charles Collins published in the Chicago Tribune.
CONTENT
1. Poem by Charles Collins from the Chicago Tribune (date not given), from page 168 of the book
Bahá'í Temple, domed from gray to white,
Is tipped with folded wings, all angel-wise,
Symbolic of the peace of prayer that lies
In sanctuaries, be it day or night
How intricately lovely to our sight,
Few things more exquisite beneath the skies —
A symphony to rest one's weary eyes
Or fill a heavy heart with quick delight.
Nonagonal, its delicate design,
With infinite detail of wonder, shows
Devotion from a people at a shrine.
Whatever one's belief, religion grows
When great harmonic beauty looms divine;
Then blessing from God's heaven overflows.
2. Complete excerpt from book Chicago the Pagan by Weimar Port
