The Effulgence Within: Wililliam Collins’ ODE TO SIMPLICITY

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Monday, October 17, 2022

Wililliam Collins’ ODE TO SIMPLICITY

One of the finest poems of William Collins (1721 - 1759) is the Ode to Simplicity (1747), written when he was 26 years old is an urging call for us all to lead a simple and humble life without any artificially. Collins, who is one of the transitional poets like William Blake, William Cowper... Sign in to see full entry.

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Embarking on a journey in spiritual quest is fraught with the dangers of doubt, tension and anxiety, disbeliefs, misgivings, and a whole lot of uncertainties. Still, it is that one most integral aspect of life that humankind can rarely ignore or do without. Scientific minds are at loggerheads with what constitute religious truths; likewise, there are close-minded believers that give no credence to scientific facts. What I intend and invite you to discuss here is an intelligent amalgamation of the two seemingly diabolically opposite understandings: whether there exists an interrelationship that can help man to evolve and bloom like the perennial lily?

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