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THE MAN OF GENIUS.
Once a man of genius there walked
By the Galilean inland sea,
Taught of heaven in parables he talked
Wonderfully, “who can this man be?”
Said the people—Pharisees he balked
And the rulers—“tell us who is he?”
By the Galilean inland sea,
Taught of heaven in parables he talked
Wonderfully, “who can this man be?”
Said the people—Pharisees he balked
And the rulers—“tell us who is he?”
Eighteen Christian centuries have tried
This responsive doubtful task to do,
Needles philosophical have plied,
Spades of metaphor and poetry too—
“God he is,” at last the Churches cried,
“God Himself,”—but is the answer true?
This responsive doubtful task to do,
Needles philosophical have plied,
Spades of metaphor and poetry too—
“God he is,” at last the Churches cried,
“God Himself,”—but is the answer true?
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