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Lo, full of holy thought
Thrall Cædmon lifteth up anew his looks,
And horny pálms to Heavenward, whither mounts
His lowly spirit; where dwelleth All-Fatherhood.
Take on new grace, those rude-limned looks of his;
Whiles, after Saxon sort, lay-wright, his lips
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