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“Quæ caput e cœli regionibus ostendebat,
Horribili super aspectu mortalibus instans .”
Lucret. i. 65.
Horribili super aspectu mortalibus instans .”
Lucret. i. 65.
Religion clad in storms of yore
Unveil'd her awful mien,
And in dread lightnings oped the door
Of the eternal scene.
Unveil'd her awful mien,
And in dread lightnings oped the door
Of the eternal scene.
Sad shades and shapes were there reveal'd
In dismal vision clear,
While conscious Guilt the pencil held,
And dark-portending Fear.
In dismal vision clear,
While conscious Guilt the pencil held,
And dark-portending Fear.
“Mercy and truth are met together . . . . and Righteousness
hath looked down from Heaven.”
Ps. lxxxv. 10, 11.
But Abram saw his children throng
Like stars in heaven at night,
Those stars they heard the angelic song,
And from their orbs of light
Like stars in heaven at night,
Those stars they heard the angelic song,
And from their orbs of light
Came Bethlehem's star, which with us dwells;
Since then they nearer roam,
And seem to walk, like sentinels,
Around our earthly home.
Since then they nearer roam,
And seem to walk, like sentinels,
Around our earthly home.
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