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Faith

Personified virtue, often addressed in poems.

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First appearance: epigraph

Faith shows up with force in XXVI: Zeal and Purity. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Faith is personified as one who may blame, serving and adoring at the altar.

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In XXVI: Zeal and Purity: Faith is personified as one who may blame, serving and adoring at the altar. Later, in LXIX: Hope: Personified…

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The emotional and psychological peak occurs in the stanza’s shift from defensive rebuke (“O rail not”) to a pr…

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XXVI: Zeal and Purity
Faith is personified as one who may blame, serving and adoring at the altar.
LXIX: Hope
Personified as the virtue that admires the desolate scene and trusts in the promise.
LXXII: Warnings
Faith disowns dread of earthly tones and heeds only Heaven's call.
XCVIII: Flowers Without Fruit
Faith is personified as the source of deeds that bear favor, contrasted with transient emotional displays.
Vexations
Personified as the guiding light that fills God's word and walks through earthly dust.
CXV: Separation of Friends
Personified as one of the twin-sisters in a breathless struggle with sight.
CXXXIII: Lauds—Monday
Personified as a 'keen flame' and the 'cup of Heaven,' essential for spiritual joy and ascent.

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