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IV.

'Mid the angel-constellations,
Like a star of purest flame,

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Shining with exceeding brightness,
Robed in snowy-glistering whiteness,
Now a singing reaper came;
Came with fulness of rejoicing
That belovèd smile to meet:
‘Master, lo, I come with singing,
Myriad sheaves of glory bringing
To Thy dear and blessèd feet.’
Followed o'er the golden crystal
Glittering hosts with crown and palm;
Joining him whose voice had taught them,
To the praise of Him who bought them,
In a new and rapturous psalm.