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XXXI.
“Ελπεσθαι χρη παντ', επει ουκ εστ' ουδεν αελπτον.
Π(αδια παντα θεω τελεσαι, και ανηνυτον ουδεν.”
Linus.
Π(αδια παντα θεω τελεσαι, και ανηνυτον ουδεν.”
Linus.
“All things 'tis right for man to hope,
“Nothing beyond hope's boundless scope,
“For all the God can do full well,
“Nothing to Him impossible.”
“Nothing beyond hope's boundless scope,
“For all the God can do full well,
“Nothing to Him impossible.”
Linus, to whom such words were given,
Well might they feign thee born of Heaven;
Son of Urania, Goddess bright,
Or of Apollo, God of light.
Well might they feign thee born of Heaven;
Son of Urania, Goddess bright,
Or of Apollo, God of light.
“If ye have faith..... nothing shall be impossible unto you.”
S. Matt. xvii. 20.
From fear to hope, from hope to fear,
God to Himself through faith draws near,
And even 'mid the things of sense
Gives something of omnipotence.
God to Himself through faith draws near,
And even 'mid the things of sense
Gives something of omnipotence.
It is a secret of the good,
The first perceiv'd—last understood;
Taught by His grace and by His rod,
Till we ourselves are lost in God.
The first perceiv'd—last understood;
Taught by His grace and by His rod,
Till we ourselves are lost in God.
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