God's in His Heaven, All's Right With the World

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(thing) by Wigs (2 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Thu Jul 06 2000 at 4:50:20

"God's in His Heaven, All's Right With the World" is the last line from the poem Pippa's Song (from Pippa's Passes) which was written by Robert Browning.

Pippa's Song and this line in particular caused Browning many problems because a lot of people just heard the line and didn't consider it within the context it was written.

Pippa, in the poem, knew that everything wasn't all right with the world, she was an exploited orphan girl who had to work long hours in terrible conditions. When you look at the whole poem, it should be taken to mean that despite all the evil and injustice in the world, we can still believe that God is there, and thus all is right with the world.

As to whether I agree with Browning is another story...

It is also interesting to note that this line is used as part of NERV's Mark in Neon Genesis Evangelion.

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Pippa's Song	NERV's Mark	NERV	The terrible beauty of an industrial landscape at dawn
Cruel Angel's Thesis	Neon Genesis Evangelion	What passes for ugly in Hollywood	Robert Browning
The mathematical Satanic underground	Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 7	dreadlocks	A Hymn to God the Father
Evangelion	God's is the Earth and all on it	February 1, 2003	What's wrong with the world?
Kaji Ryouji	Columbus sailed the ocean blue, riding the ship of a revolution	The Unexpected Coming	This is as real as magic gets
Shinichiro Watanabe	Time will tell	Kena Upanishad	Eva no otaku

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