Chapter 52HerbTemple.2.52
Anagram
The Anagram of Grace
The poet marvels that Mary's name rearranges to 'Army,' for in her the Lord of hosts made his dwelling.
How well her name presents an army, in whom the Lord of hosts pitched his tent!✦1
Read the original English
HOw well her name an Army doth present, In whom the Lord of hosts did pitch his tent!
Scripture echoes
- ↩John.1.14 — And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only-begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Notes
- 1 ↩The poem turns on the anagram MARY/ARMY: Mary's name itself 'presents' an army, and she is the one in whom the Lord of hosts made his dwelling (the Incarnation).
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