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CYRIL OF JERUSALEM.

From the Archangel on Heav'n's highest stair,
And Seraphim and Cherubim around,
Unto the lowest child of sin and care,—
To each and all, as meet recipients found,
By Nature's works, or Word, or Spirit's seal,
'Tis Christ alone the Father doth reveal.
Cyril, on Salem's apostolic throne,
Or where the humbler Catechist doth stand,
'Tis Christ in thee that takes each little one
Into His arms, and leads him by the hand
Into the inner temple, fill'd with light,
And bathes in fountains of the Infinite.