A Pregenerative Soul’s Fear Of Life

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The Lilly tells Thel that she rejoices because God, who as the Clod of Clay says, “loves the lowly,” comes to her with a promise that, even though her life seems small and insignificant, she is not forgotten. She serves the lamb in nourishment and her perfume spreads across the grasses. Because of these and other services, she will someday “flourish in eternal vales.” The Cloud expresses a similar opinion when asked about the seeming futility and brevity of its life. The Cloud questions the veracity of both of Thel’s suppositions: “‘O maid, I tell thee, when I pass away, / It is to tenfold life, to love, to peace, and raptures holy’” (ll. 57-58). The Cloud explains to Thel that even in passing, he serves a purpose in the water that quenches the thirst of a horse, or in his union with the dew that settles on and nourishes the flowers. And in the end, with the rising sun, the Cloud arises with the dew he has joined, and moves up into the heavens.
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