Foresight: Return

'The Return of the Prodigal Son', Rembrandt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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'Heaven and Hell' by Francis Thompson

'Tis said there were no thought of hell,
          Save hell were taught; that there should be
A Heaven for all's self-credible.
          Not so the thing appears to me.
'Tis Heaven that lies beyond our sights,
          And hell too possible that proves;
For all can feel the God that smites,
          But ah, how few the God that loves!

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​Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) was a Dutch painter, printmaker and draughtsman.

Francis Thompson (1859–1907) was an English and Catholic poet.