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XX.
“------Pauci quos æquus amavit
Jupiter, aut ardens evexit ad æthera virtus .”
Virg. Æn. vi. 129
Jupiter, aut ardens evexit ad æthera virtus .”
Virg. Æn. vi. 129
The sparks ascend, and one by one
Extinguish'd are in smoke and gone:
In stedfast course a few arise
Borne upward to congenial skies.
Extinguish'd are in smoke and gone:
In stedfast course a few arise
Borne upward to congenial skies.
Mid paynim nations some were seen,
With strong presentiment serene,
Heavenward to hold a tranquil light,
Till they had pass'd from human sight.
With strong presentiment serene,
Heavenward to hold a tranquil light,
Till they had pass'd from human sight.
“Knowledge shall be increased. . . . But none of the wicked
shall understand.”
Dan. xii. 4, 10.
Christ's shadow now on us remains,
And covers o'er the Gentile's stains,
The world His fourfold Robes divides,
And 'neath their shelt'ring skirt abides.
And covers o'er the Gentile's stains,
The world His fourfold Robes divides,
And 'neath their shelt'ring skirt abides.
With one alone of all the four
The inner Raiment is in store,
When by the lot of heaven's decree
The heart is clothed with charity.
The inner Raiment is in store,
When by the lot of heaven's decree
The heart is clothed with charity.
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