God is a lion that comes in the night. God is a hawk gliding among the stars-- If all the stars and the earth, and the living flesh of the night that flows in between them, and whatever is beyond them Were that one bird. He has a bloody beak and harsh talons, he pounces and tears.
The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: 1938-1962 (ed. Stanford University Press, 1988) - ISBN: 9780804718479
