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THE DUMB CURED.
His eyes uplifted, and his hands close clasped,The dumb man, with a supplicating look,
Turned, as the Lord passed by: Jesus beheld,
And on him bent a pitying look, and spake:
His moving lips are by the suppliant seen,
And the last accents of the healing sentence
Ring in that ear which never heard before.
Prostrate the man restored falls to the earth,
And uses first the gift, the gift sublime,
Of speech, in giving thanks to him, whose voice
Was never uttered but in doing good.
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