Till it become a vision Paradisic, And a ladder of fire for climbing, from its topmost Rung a place for stepping into heaven.
"Toward the Gulf"
Edgar Lee Masters
Yet the Mountain shone in Paradisic colours-her little garden; her knitting; the quiet Sundays; the nightly prayers; above all, Edward's presence, in the aura of which no harm could come-for all these things she passionately longed.
"Gone to Earth"
Mary Webb