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the most graphic, indeed the most beautiful.
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She talks of a saint in terms of the
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"sweat of his goodness shining
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like a balm on his forehead,"
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"of the odor of the sanctity of the Virgin Mary being"
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"as sweet as the scent of honeysuckle and lilac."
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Hildegard sees the blood of Christ "streaming in the heavens."
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In her own musical creation, with regard to them,
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she styles herself simply a breath
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a "feather on the breath of God."
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What an interesting metaphor
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but very appropriate for this very modest individual.