Spirits in Bondage

[Guest]

Has anyone read this book of Poems by Lewis. It's written before he became a Christian and is considered harsh when compared with his other works. What is your oppinion on it?

[Ward]

[quote="The Bigsleep J"]Has anyone read this book of Poems by Lewis. It's written before he became a Christian and is considered harsh ...

Some of the poems reflect Lewis' war experiences. Others are about "the evidence that there is 'something' beyond the material world". These would be:

Dungeon Grates, 25
Song, 50
The Philosopher, 27
Ballade Mystique, 53
Milton Read Again, 32
Hymn, 58
Sonnet, 33
Our Daily Bread, 60
L'Apprenti Sorcier, 39
World's Desire, 72
Song of the Pilgrims, 47
Hesperus, 65

[A#minor]

I love those poems. It represents a younger Lewis than we're used to thinking of. Some of the poems really make you think hard about what's life really all about, and some others are just fun.
This one's my favorite.


VI. Spooks

Last night I dreamed that I was come again
Unto the house where my beloved dwells
After long years of wandering and pain.

And I stood out beneath the drenching rain
And all the street was bare, and black with night,
But in my true love's house was warmth and light.

Yet I could not draw near nor enter in,
And long I wondered if some secret sin
Or old, unhappy anger held me fast;

Till suddenly it came into my head
That I was killed long since and lying dead-
Only a homeless wraith that way had passed.

So thus I found my true love's house again
And stood unseen amid the winter night
And the lamp burned within, a rosy light,
And the wet street was shining in the rain.



here's a link to read the poems Spirits in Bondage:a cycle of lyrics